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1、BeowulfIntroducingtheEpicLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHeroThePoetryofBeowulf:Caesuras,Alliteration,andKenningsFeatureMenuBeowulfthefirstgreatworkofEnglishnationalliterature.theepicstoryoftheheroBeowulf,whofightsthedemonicmonsterGrendel.BeowulfisBeowulfIntroducin
2、gtheEpicBeowulfIntroducingtheEpicBeowulf:nephewofHiglac,kingoftheGeats.Hrothgar:kingoftheDanes.Wiglaf:aGeatwarrior,oneofBeowulf’sselectbandandtheonlyonetohelphiminhisfinalfightwiththedragon.PeopleBeowulfIntroducingtheEpicGrendel:man-eatingmonsterwholives
3、atthebottomofafoulmere,ormountainlake.MonstersGrendel’smother:water-witchwhoseeksrevenge.Dragon:giantfire-breathingserpentwhomBeowulffightsinPartTwooftheepic.BeowulftakesplaceinScandinavia.PlacesScholarsthinkHerotmighthavebeenbuiltonthecoastofZealand,inD
4、enmark.ScandinaviaBritainBeowulfIntroducingtheEpicPlacesHerot:thegoldenguesthallbuiltbyKingHrothgarwherewarriorsgatheredtocelebrate.[EndofSection]BeowulfIntroducingtheEpicTheepicheroisthecentralfigureinalongnarrativethatreflectsthevaluesandheroicidealsof
5、aparticularsociety.Anepicisaqueststoryonagrandscale.BeowulfLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHeroBeowulfLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHeroBeowulfisoneofancientEngland’sheroes.KingArthurJoanofArcOthertimesandothercultureshavehadotherheroes.InmodernAmerica,theheromaybearealpers
6、onorafictionalcharacter.BeowulfLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHero[EndofSection]BeowulfwascomposedinOldEnglish,whichusesacaesura,orrhythmicpause,tocreateunity.ðacomofmore undermisthleoþum Grendelgongan, godesyrrebær; myntesemanscaða mannacynnes sumnebesyr
7、wan inseleþamhean.Linedividedintotwopartsbyacaesura.Locatethecaesuraintheselines:BeowulfThePoetryofBeowulfHerearethesamelinesinmodernEnglishfromBurtonRaffel’stranslation:Outfromthemarsh,fromthefootofmistyHillsandbogs,bearingGod’shatred,Grendelcame,hop
8、ingtokillAnyonehecouldtraponthistriptohighHerot.Punctuationreproducespauseeffectofthecaesura.BeowulfThePoetryofBeowulfTheAnglo-Saxonoralpoetalsousedthepoeticdeviceofalliteration.Grendelgongan,godesyrrebær;myntesemanscaðama
