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U5 L3 The Epic And Beowulf Flashcards

1
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Who is a scop?

A
  • poet

- told old stories and changed them

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2
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In oral tradition did each telling differ from the last?

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yes

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3
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What were the frameworks that scops used to remember stories?

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  • alliteration
  • phrases
  • poetic idioms
  • rhythms patterns
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4
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What combination did Anglo-Saxon rhythm depend on?

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weak and heavy stresses in many combinations

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5
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What was the basic unit of meter in Anglo-Saxon verse?

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  • half-line

- each made up of a phrase with 2 stresses

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6
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What does a line of Anglo-Saxon poetry consist of?

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  • 4 stresses, 2 in each half-line
  • 8-20 syllables
  • 2 half-lines separated by pause/break
  • joined by alliteration
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7
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What indicated stresses?

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accent marks ‘

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8
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What indicated alliteration?

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underscores _

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9
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What is a caesura?

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pause/break in a line in Anglo-Saxon poetry

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10
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What is Anglo-Saxon poetic language rich in?

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metaphor

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11
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What is kenning?

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  • double metaphor
  • hyphenated

eg. world-candle

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12
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Where does the word ‘epic’ come from?

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Greek word meaning tale

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13
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What is an epic?

A

long narrative poem dealing with heroic characters and actions

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14
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In epics, what is the hero like?

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ideal person with almost superhuman qualities

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15
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What is medias res?

A

middle of story

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16
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At what part to most epics start in?

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  • medias res/middle of story

- narrator explains previous actions as story progresses

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17
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What do the two sections of Beowulf deal with?

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1- Beowulf leads his men to Hrothgar’s kingdom to defeat Grendel
2- elder King Beowulf, last battle with dragon

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18
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What does Beowulf reveal?

A

customs and ideals of Anglo-Saxon culture

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19
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What is comitatus?

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  • Germanic tradition
  • relationship btw lord and warriors
  • lord protects and provides warrior needs
  • warrior gives loyalty and support
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20
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In Beowulf, between who is the comitatus relationship seen between?

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  • Hrothgar and his retainers
  • Beowulf and his men
  • Geats and Danes
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21
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What was Wiglaf’s significance?

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  • demonstrated comitatus
  • remained with Beowulf in fighting dragon
  • named successor by Beowulf
22
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Who were the Geats?

A

Beowulf’s people

23
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Who were the Danes?

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Hrothgar’s people

24
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What is Fame in Anglo-Saxon culture?

A

good name that would live on after a man’s death

25
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What was linked to the comitatus?

A
  • fame

- transitory nature of life

26
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What was the lord also called?

A

ring-giver

27
Q

Early practice of Christianity in England blended into which two systems?

A

Germanic and Christians

28
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What were the two burials mentioned in Beowulf?

A
  • Scyld Scefing

- Beowulf

29
Q

Descriptions of artifacts in Beowulf correspond to those found in which ship and when?

A
  • Sutton Hoo

- 1939

30
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What is the date of the Beowulf manuscript?

A

1000

31
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What is the latest date for the original writing of Beowulf?

A

790-830

32
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Who was Hygelac? And when did he die?

A
  • Geat
  • Beowulf’s uncle and king of Geats
  • killed in a raid on the Frisians in 521
33
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The probable date for the writing of Beowulf would be during who’s time?

A

Venerable Bede

34
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What is Beowulf a product of?

A

oral poetic tradition

35
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What was Beowulf most likely copied from?

A

song of bard or scop

36
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What was Beowulf probably based on?

A

fol tale

37
Q

Was the name Beowulf common in the Anglo-Saxon period?

A

no

38
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How many lines of unrhymed alliterative meter does Beowulf consist of?

A

3182

39
Q

Beowulf how many fitts/sections?

A

43

40
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What does the story of Beowulf open/begin with?

A
  • sea burial of Scyld Scefing

- first 50 lines of his achievments

41
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What was Heorot?

A

Hrothgar’s Hall

42
Q

Where was the home of the Geats and Beowulf?

A

Sweden

43
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Where was Hrothgar’s kingdom?

A

Denmark

44
Q

Who tries to avenge Grendel?

A

his Mother

45
Q

Where is Grendel’s mother’s lair?

A

mere/lake

46
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What does Hrothgar warn Beowulf about?

A

dangers of pride

47
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Who is Wealhtheow?

A

Hrothgar’s queen

48
Q

Who did Beowulf give his treasures to?

A

Hygelac

49
Q

What is stolen from the dragon that causes him to want revenge?

A

cup

50
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What heroic quality was Beowulf not eulogized as having?

A

bravery

51
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What was the Hrothgar’s hall in Beowulf used for?

A
  • eating
  • sleeping
  • meeting-
  • entertaining

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