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The Dream of the Rood
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Write My Essay For MeRood, There are no digressions in Beowulf.’ Discuss (Some reference may be mad to Modern English translation(s) of the poem. To extend the discussion beyond the extracts studied on the course”
I would suggest quoting and referring, as much as is possible, to the text in the Old English language. The extracts studied on the course are;
-Grendel’s Last Attack (Lines 702-924)
-The Tragedy of Hidlebruh (Lines 1063-1159)
-The Slaying of Grendel’s Mother (Lines 1492-1590)
In this essay you MUST:
– Show an understanding of Old English texts in the original language. (Be sure to keep these basic but present at all times). – Show sensitivity to the meaning of individual words and phrases (for example, should a particular OE word have multiple modern translations look at the significance of each particularly in relation to the digressions). – Show an awareness of stylistic and literary features of Old English texts – Demonstrate responsiveness to a range of different genres.
How many words is your brief:
1500 words
Do you have any materials that have to be used?
MAIN SOURCE MATERIAL
Richard Marsden, The Cambridge Old English Reader (2nd Edition: 2015)
SECONDARY SOURCES –
Andy Orchard, A Critical Comanion to Beowulf (Cambridge, 2003)
-Peter Barker, ed. The Beowulf Reader (garland, 200)
-Harold Bloom, ed., Modern Critical Interpretations: Beowulf (NY, 1987)
-D. K. Fry ed., The Beowulf Poet: A Collection of Critical Essays (1968)
-David Williams, Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster (Exeter, 1997)
-Joseph Harris, ‘Beowulf’s Last Words’, Speculum 67 (1992), 1-32
-Joyce. M Hill, The Cultural World in Beowulf (University of Toronto, 1995)
-L. E. Nicholson ., ed., An Anthology of Beowulf Criticism (Indiana, 1963)
-Fred Robinson, Beowulf and the Appositive Style (Tennessee, 1985)
-Kenneth Sisam, The Structure of Beowulf (Oxford, 1965)
-R. M. Luizza, ch 7 in Readings in Medieval Texts eds. Lesley Johnson and Elaine Trehane
