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Exploring Anglo-Saxon Literature: "The Wanderer" and Beowulf Insights

In this unit, we delve into Anglo-Saxon literature, focusing on "The Wanderer" and the epic "Beowulf." Students will define key vocabulary terms including enjambment, loathsome, woeful, heathen, comitatus, wergild, philanthropy, and purge. We'll explore themes, structure, and cultural significance through group discussions and guided reading. Homework includes reviewing specified textbook pages that detail Anglo-Saxon origins. This engaging approach will enhance understanding of historical context and literary devices in epic poetry.

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Exploring Anglo-Saxon Literature: "The Wanderer" and Beowulf Insights

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  1. Here’s Where We’re Going… 08/28 Define specific vocabulary terms (note). Read and discuss Anglo-Saxon poem: “The Wanderer” View and Discuss Wikispace(time permitting)

  2. AE4 Vocabulary: Unit 1 Enjambment: the continuation of a line of verse into the next line without a pause. Epic:a long poem, derived from oral tradition, narrating the deeds of a hero, the actions of an adventure, or the history of a culture. Loathsome: causing hatred or disgust, repulsive. Woeful: full of great sorrow or distress.

  3. Here’s Where We’re Going… 08/29 Wikispace revisited: textbook access. Revisit Anglo themes, kenning (Quiz Tuesday). Vocabulary. Discussion and pre-reading for Beowulf. Homework: Textbook pages 19-23 (Anglo-Saxon Origins). Note check.

  4. AE4 Vocabulary: Unit 1 Heathen: a person who does not belong to a widely held religion, ideology. Comitatus:Germanic friendship structure that sought to create a body of companions, reinforced loyalty. Wergild: a price set upon every life so it would be known how much to pay to survivor’s after death (preventing a blood feud). Philanthropy: the promotion of welfare through generosity and selflessness. Purge: to rid, eliminate, alleviate, lessen.

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