Language and Culture IV Lesson 5

Online Meeting

• Reading Guide 3 (questions 9-15)

• Reading Guide 4 (questions 1-9)

Forum 5 Beowulf
You can work individually or in pairs.
You have been asked to write an essay about Beowulf. Follow these instructions and present your
essay plan in this forum.
1. Below are some suggested topics for your essay. Choose one topic.
➢ Religion in Beowulf
➢ Women’s Roles in Beowulf
➢ Intertextuality in Beowulf
➢ Anglo Saxons Literary Tradition
➢ Symbolism in Beowulf
➢ Anglo Saxons in Popular Culture
➢ Beowulf and the Germanic Code
➢ Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Culture in Beowulf
➢ Songs inspired by Beowulf
➢ The Germanic Code in Beowulf
➢ Beowulf as an Epic Hero
➢ Other

2. Search academically reliable sources to get information for your essay plan. You can also
use as a guide the suggested bibliography listed in this handout under the heading Reading
Assignment 5.
3. Read as much as possible and formulate question(s) you would like to approach in your
essay. Write your question(s).
4. List the bibliography you have selected to address the topic you are going to discuss in your
essay. Do not forget to follow either the MLA or the APA style of references.
5. Present your essay plan in this forum. It must include:

➢ essay topic
➢ essay questions
➢ introductory paragraph
➢ topic sentences for each body paragraph.
➢ Bibliography (at least three sources)

Reading Assignment 5

Read the bibliographical material you selected for your essay plan.

Further Suggested Reading

Amodio, M. C. (2014). The Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-
Blackwell.
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Bloom, H. (2007). Beowulf (Blooms Modern Critical Interpretations). New York, Chelsea House
Publishers.
Johnston, R. A. (2011). A companion to Beowulf. Gibsonia, PA: Pannebaker Press.
Rollin, R. B. (1970). Beowulf to Batman: The Epic Hero and Pop Culture. College English, 31(5),
431. doi: 10.2307/374059
Zesmer, D. M. (1964). Guide to English Literature from Beowulf through Chaucer and Medieval
Drama. With Bibliographies by Stanley B. Greenfield. New York, Barnes Noble.
Phipps, C. (2012). A Feminist Critique of Beowulf: Women as Peace-Weavers and Goaders in
Beowulf's Courts. (Master’s thesis, Marshall University). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones.
297.Retrieved from https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/297