E 505: BEOWULF

Feb

We meet TTH 9:30 am - 10:45am in Bartlett.

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WEEK 3 Genealogies

Tu 8 Feb. Mythic Beginnings

• TRANS 1a-52b, continued.
• Some manuscript images: click on Lindisfarne Gospels
• map of Anglo-Saxon England ; Celtic Tribes of Britain
• Byock, Saga of the Volsungs, "Introduction," pp. 1-29.
• Handbook, chapter 11, "Myth and History."
• Fee, Gods, Heroes, & Kings, pp. 117-37.

 

Th 10 Feb. Families
• Diagnostic due (optional)
• TRANS 53a-114b (Fitt I);
• Genesis, Cain & Abel; family descent; giants. Also M&R, pp. 220-21; pp. 218-20.
• Eighth-century genealogy of Cain;
• Handbook, chapter 9, "Christian and Pagan Elements."

 

Diagnostic is on the topic "The Meaning of the Name Beowulf"; 500 words. Optional.