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E 491: Beowulf

491 Schedule

 

We meet TTh 9:30 am - 10:45 am
in Bartlett Hall 205.

WEEK 12 Retelling the Past

    T 14 Apr. Kings, Queens, and Gifts

    • TRANS 1888a-1904b, 1925a-1962b. 2016b-2031b (Fitt XXVII).
    • Read Snorri, "Sayings of the High One" (14-38).

     

    Th 16 Apr. Tolkien

    • TRANS Professor Michael Drout will be here at 1pm, in Bartlett 206.
    • Second translation due

NB. Proverbs, songs of wisdom. Ritual.

Once upon a time, people had manners. People in all cultures practiced formal rituals of greeting, of conversation, of wooing, of parting, and so forth. What role might these rituals play in ensuring peace and prosperity in a civilization? In the world of Beowulf?

 

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