What is the significance of oral tradition?
What are the characteristics of an epic and how does Beowulf conform to
these characteristics?
How do the themes in Beowulf relate to the Anglo-Saxon period in history?
1. Opening Assignment: Journal Entry, 9/3/13
What are some of the stories your family has told generation to generation?
How have those stories shaped your understanding of your family's culture?
2. Assign reading of Sir Thomas Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
You need to have this read by Tuesday, 10/1.
3. Discuss unit over Beowulf.
4. Notes/Discussion of the oral tradition
5. Closing: Review important points from the lecture.
Note: The rough draft of your satire is due Tuesday, 9/10.