So, we have at long last started on our journey through time from the 5th century to the 20th.
This week we (very quickly) covered Anglo-Saxon poetry, and looked at three examples:
an extract from "The Battle of Malden", a poem written by an Anglo-Saxon warrior on losing his leader during a battle with the Vikings; Caedmon's Hymn, composed by an illiterate shepherd during an insiprational dream; and an extract from the epic "Beowulf", dealing with his funeral rites.
What impressions did this very brief introduction to the period leave you with? What affected you the most?
By the way, here is the link to the English Language timeline:
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Hi!Although both The battle of Malden and Beowulf are about the similar occurrences,I think Beowulf is the one that is impressive.In both of them,there are wars and heros may be, but I guess only these kind of things may not be thought creative at all.On the other hand, Beowulf have some different events that you curious about.For instance,the women,is thought be as a witch,was the most affecting part of it for me.It was enjoyable.:)About Caedman's hymn,there is only one thing impressed me ,it was the dream.It must have been very special, and so the one who saw it as well...
ReplyDeleteThank you to Burcu for breaking the ice! Now the first comment has been written, it will be a lot easier to write the next ones.
ReplyDeletei heard about beowulf before but i never had a chance to watch it.we watched last 20 minutes of beowulf this week and i do liked it,i am going to watch the whole movie :)
ReplyDeletei have always liked the stories written long long time ago..it was fun to watch beowulf and i would like to watch the battle of malden..i am sure it will be fun,as well.
i am looking forward to learning more about that kind of stories and the history of english literature...
Hello!First of all,I want to express that I enjoyed the poem,"The Battle Of Malden" the most.It is a nice example of loyalty to a person.The another reason why I have chosen it is that the people who lived at that time showed a resistance to hopelessness,cowardice and treachery.Besides,as you stated before,it is interesting that it was being written at the time of war.Above all,it was an excellent experience.
ReplyDeleteHello!I didn't know about the beowulf.After ı watched it,ı liked it,and it impressed me.Now ı 'm very interested in englih literature.When ı came to the dormıtory,ı immediately searched the history of it.The poem is very impressive.I watched again and again.It's wonderfull.
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ReplyDeletehi!actually ı like the poetry than the film much more because ı always believe that it loses its orginality when a film of a work's made.in addition,if the film had been made with real people,it would have been more beautiful and effective.ı think animation films're suitable for comedy kinds like the ice age not fantastic ones.if ı watch all of the film, ı'll change my mind.ı hope so.
ReplyDeleteHi, first of all, I like these works written in old times,so ı liked the heroic poems called 'the Battle of Malden and 'Beawolf'.In the comprasion with Beawolf, ı was influenced the story of the Battle of Malden more because ıt tells us greatly what loyalty to lord means in those times...What is more, it was written in a war. What an effective story!!About Beawolf, ı can say that it is effective story.I believe the heroes who fight for his people. In addition, ı liked the film of it, but thete is not much accordance with the writings in the poem.About Caedman's hymn, the writings in it resemble our prayer in our religion.İt is excellent,too.From now on, ı will learn more about these poems...
ReplyDeletehi,first of all,ı must say that the film isn't as effective as the poem.it is like an animation film and there are differences between the film and the poem.on the other hand, BEWOLF and THE BATTLE OF MALDEN recembles eachother.ın both there are heroic events and both are impressive.about caedman's hymn,it is similar to our prayer.heroic poems are more attractive,ı think.they are make me curious about them...
ReplyDeleteı had heard about Beowulf before;but ı couldn't get a chance to watch it.We watched the last 20 minutes of it.ı liked it very much, and ı am going to watch it fully.ı am curious about it:)ı was impressed with The Battle Of Malden because people were loyal to their king and they were ready and willing to do everything for him.ı was more impressed with The Battle Of Malden than Beowulf.About Caedmon's Hymn,Caedmon's composing while sleeping was impressing.ı am curious about what we will see in the future.:))
ReplyDeleteHi! i want to say that i am not interested in these kind of poems,but while we were watching a part of scene from beowulf i enjoyed and decided to watch it.Actually the other one Battle of Malden is more impressive and informative because it gives vital information about their life style 'loyalty to the king is the most important thing in that times'...
ReplyDeletehi... i haven't heard about them before but it impressed me while i am listening the lesson and especially watching a part of the Beowulf. Generally i like reading heroic events in our history but i realize that English Literature and history is also worth to be interested in. I believe that i will be more willing to read and search them...
ReplyDeletehello!!I didn't know about beowulf before but after I had watched it I liked very much.I will watch it fully because it impressed me.
ReplyDeleteHi.Ihave always wondered the old English and Beowulf answered this question.We watched some part of it in the class and I will watch the all movie like my friend Beyza.It was very exciting.Some parts of it were like our Turk films,especially Cüneyt Arkın shows.The poem was a bit different from the movie,but it impressed me very much...
ReplyDeletehi..i think beowulf is the most interesting of them. i like it very much although there are a lot of horrifying screens and blood in it.it impress me much and so i want to watch all of it...
ReplyDeletehi.ı want to begin by the letters in the poem.both the letters and the language which was used are very different from today's.as filiz said there are differences between the film''beowulf'' and the poem,but ı liked the film a lot.and caedmons hymn...ıt is very interesting because of its writer.how can a person feels and writes such an emotional hymn,ı coulnt believe.these people lived in ancient times but they succeeded to do something immortal.ı am curios about all of these examples
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ReplyDeleteHi, actually i am not so interested in poetry but i like Beowulf and The Battle of Malden.To be frank it attracted my interest.I actually consider the heroic aspect of them.I don't think I would have much interest for them if "love" or "romance" are depicted in them.On the other hand I try to reconcile the main point of literature studies with other fields such as linguistics, sociology and history.Comparing the mentioned pieces with the ones in my own literature and evaluating themin different perspectives is another style approach of mine to such events...
ReplyDeleteHi…It was a very bloody and thrilling lesson, but also very enjoyable:)I was most affected by Beowulf and I am glad for having opportunity to watch it.However, in the film there are some conflicts with poem; In the film dragon was Beowulf’s son not in the poem, narration of funeral ceremonies in film and poem were different from each other.Anyway, except for these conflicts, the poem was very exciting.Visuality of lesson was better to remember .Maybe for this reason Beowulf was the most memorable for me …thanks…
ReplyDeleteHi!we learned about the types of heroic poems and they were very impressive when we watched the short part of the "BEWOLF".Some parts of the film were exaggerated but this made the film attractive.After ı watched it,ı wondered ıt a lot and ı want to watch all of it soon.These kind of poems showed that courage,braveness and loyalty to the leaders had great importance in their life.This was a great proud of them.
ReplyDeleteHi..I heard about Beawulf,but I didn't have any idea about the Battle of Malden and Caedmon's Hymn.I enjoyed watching the film of Beawulf last week.As semra said,the film and the story of Beawulf are different.The Battle of Malden is impressed me most.It explains real things,people and loyalty to their leader.They couldn't give up the leader.They wanted the leader came back from the warplay although they knew the leader had died.
ReplyDeletehi...I didn't know something about beowulf.Actually I am not interested in such heroic events very much.But after I watched it,I thought it is interesting,attractive.Especially in terms of comprehension to the story the film was more effective and more understandable.Because of old english used in poem
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hello.. we made a start to english literature last week. ın fact i was impressed by the topics,particularly the battle of malden most. it reflected the feelings of people, their loyalty and respect for the leader mentioned. i felt as the people felt..also i had a good time watching the movie of beawulf. it was very fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteHi my dear teacher and my friends... It is the first time I have ever heard about Beowulf. The poem didn't affect me very much but I liked the film very much. It was very bloody and thrilling but on the other hand It was very exciting. I'm visual person so Ilike visual things more than others.Anyway I like romantic and funny films more than heroic films but I really like it. Furthermore I see that every culture's life style and history are almost similar with each other. It seems like our Molkoçoğlu films very much.
ReplyDeleteHi!When teacher explained literature of Anglo-Saxon,i wondered and wanted to learn more information.I searched and learned more.We watched the film of Beowulf.Because i watched it,i can remember more things so watching is more funny than reading.The Battle of Malden made me impressed.What impressed me is loyalty to their leader.
ReplyDeleteHello everybody! It is the first time I have written a comment like these.We learned about Beowulf last week.I think it was interesting and fantastic.Altough I was late for the lesson in which we watched Beaowolf I liked it too much and got it.Also, I agree with Gülşah.Their loyalty was really impressing.
ReplyDeleteHi!when we started English Literature, I wondered what we would learn.First we started old english.It's very complex to understand.I admit that I did not like old english because it's very different.But,I like the movie of Beowulf.Although it has miracle events,I found it very fantastic.And now I am very curious what we will learn about english literature in later times!
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ReplyDeleteHi! First of all I want to to thank my teachar for opening this blog.I think the Anglo Saxon litetature is interesting.I think who wrote the Battle of Malden must be a sensetive person because it was full of sense I remind.Beowulf is about a dream.It is very interesting too.We are-human beings- maybe love these fantastic things,they are interests us.They are really impressing.
ReplyDeletehellooo!!Now I want to start with the poem Battle Of Malden I really liked it.Actually I dont ineterested in literature very muh especially foreign culture but this year from the first lesson I really interest and like anglo saxons and I like learning something about them..Yes ''BEOWULF''I watched the film and I was really affected.It is so fascinating ,but when I first watched a bit in the class I was frightened:)then I understood ıt was not a scary film :)and really I liked it very much ,and I think everybody can easily affected..For the present goodbyee!!
ReplyDeletehiiiii:D when i was in high school,beowulf was the book which we had to read. it was really boring for me, but last week in our literature lesson it started to draw my attention. i decided to search more about beowulf. i think i ll find interesting and exciting knowledge :D and the poem is more orıgınal than film, so i enjoyed much when we read and analyze the poem. so far everyhıng was enjoyable.i hope it ll be more interesting.by
ReplyDeletehi,I don't know much about English Literature ,but since we started to learn about it, it has been interesting to me.It is very nice to learn other culture's literature...:)I haven't heard about"Beowulf"and "The Battle of Balden"before,but when we started to learn about them they were interesting..Generally I don't like heroic stories or poems but these were impressive..The braveness the loyalty people showed are really good :)nowadays you know that it is really difficult to find these emotions as in the past :( I think the poem itself was more effective than the film because it is easier to feel the feelings of the poet.. And more interesting stories and poems are waiting to be learned :)Thats all for now...
ReplyDeletei was wondering Beowulf beforehand,I had the film but i didn't have chance to watch it up to now,but i will really watch it soon.In other words,anything about English draws my attention and i enjoyed in the last lesson when we learnt something new about English.I am looking forward to learning or discovering something more:)...
ReplyDeleteHi,firstly i want to confess that i don't like heroic poems,but i want to say that these three poems impressed me a lot.I was mostly effected with The Battle of Malden because the folks living there was so faithful to their king that they could do whatever he wanted;no matter how it was hard.Ceadman's composing in his dream was also effective.Now, i think, one can do everything following his dreams:))I liked The Beowulf, too.I wanted to watch it fully:),but we couldn't have time to do it in the class:( Now,i'm looking forward to what the next classes will show us:)...
ReplyDeleteHiii:) Firstly I want to say that this is the first time I have read a poem about Anglo-Saxon like most of my friends. I liked it very much. The film of Beowulf also affected me as much as poem. It was very enjoying. I want to watch the whole film,but I couldn't find it:( (I am waiting the help of my friends about how to acquire it). I am looking forward to next course:D ...
ReplyDeletehi my friends and my teacher..i hope, we will enjoy this blog system and i think so. i learnd that this BEAWULF was firstly spoken and then people wrote it.. may be it changed but we shouldn't care about it, we should learn and enjoy it.. of course it was exaggerated..we wacthed the film and iam curious about its end..And i really thing that reading something is more effective than wacthing the same thing..
ReplyDeletehi everybody:)First of all I want to say that I love Anglo-Saxons:)Their story has been interested to me since high school.I knew very limited information about them,but sincefirst lesson with Amanda teacher ı have been informed much more.I found the film of Beowulf interesting,fantastic and effective.I have dowloaded it to my computer but couldn't find any time to watch yet.Kenan,you can find it from www.cineizle.com...have a nice lesson my friends:)
ReplyDeletehi to all, yes my great dream "english literature".and i realize my dream now.our first lesson about anglo saxons, and this week Beowulf, The Battle Of Malden..i really liked them and im quite eager to learn more about them..as we watched the last 20 mins. of the Beowulf ,it makes the story more lasting,but as my friends said before the story and the film is a bit different, but no problem.i wait the next lesson.
ReplyDeleteHi everybody! I haven't heard about Anglo-Saxons, Beowulf until this literature class. I need to tell you that I was not interested in literature before, not only in Turkish but also in English. If our teacher weren't be Amanda, I would still be uninterested. When I watched the part of Beowulf, I saw that I understood it easily and had fun. Now, I want to see all of it. I suppose I will love it..
ReplyDeletehello!This is the first time for me to write a comment like some of my friends.Beforehand l had heard about Anglo-Saxon Literature but l couldnt read anything about it.l like heroic poems and films.l liked Beowulf and The Malden Wars.Both of them are interesting but l liked Beowulf the most.ıt was really interesting and heroic.l am looking forward to next lessons...
ReplyDeleteHi!First of all l want to say that l am very interested in literature.lt doesnt matter whose it is, l like learning old time's interesting events by reading them.Beowulf and The Malden Wars also attracted me a lot.They are so successful poems.With their heroic contents,l feel as if l lived at that times...
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ReplyDeletehello my friends and my teacher,I like that topic we saw this week.We mentioned about Canterbury Tales and a poem...I enjoy that poem and I miss spring:( Anyway,I start liking English Literature.It's very funy such as Beawulf and spring poem that we read.In addition,sorry, I couldnt comment about Beowulf last week because of the webpage problem.I want to say that Beowulf is supernatural hero and Ilike him:)
ReplyDeletehi! In the first place, i have always been interested not only in Turkish history but also in others, so learning English Literature is very effective in learning the history. Beawulf and The Battle of Malden both reflect historical and heroic events which are not just the "articles" but they are really fantastic and magnificient events.After the couse that was about Anglo-Saxon literature, i watched the movie "Beawulf" immediately to understand things more clearly and i think, it was very impressive and useful.Thanks to our teacher, with such materials like films, poems etc. the course becomes more colourful and interesting...
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ReplyDeleteIlike the poem abourt spring very much.It makes me feel refresh and more energetic.This poem mentions rain,winds,sun,flowers,birds and people who go pilgrims in spring.In class we say these people in fact have some aims for going pilgrim in spring.They dont want to be affected by weather conditions in winter.They choose suitle weather conditions.By the way ı counldnt make any comment for the first week Iwant to make it now Beowulf was a wonderful man he was a hero.I liked the film we watched in class very much.He managed to overcome a creature by himself Iwish there were a man like him who can survive us from bad things in our world. anyway see you next week
hello!first of all I want to say that I liked The Battle Of Malden, the poem, because they are faithful to their kings.This is very amazing and interesting.Also we watch the film Beowulf that I have heard about before .But I did not watch it.Now I want to watch it because it attracted my interest a lot.By the way,I like the anglo- saxons alot.And I Want to thank to dear amanda teacher for doing this blog .I am curious about what we will learn next lessons:)
ReplyDeleteFor the last week,we learned about The Battle Of Malden and Beowulf,both of them were the reflections of Anglo-Saxons literature,related to The Battle Of Malden,it was the good example of loyalty and faith to the king,thanks to this poem, being witness to this is amazing.About Beowulf,actually,although i know that it is not completely real,it was still a bit absurd for me i didn't like it very much..
ReplyDeletehi everyone!Although ı'm not so interested in literature,thanks to this lesson,ı will become :)Because the works such as the Battle of Malden and Beowolf are so interesting,ı have started to deal with the english literature.I must admit that Beowulf is the most attractive one and the film version of it s very different from the poetry one.Of course ı liked the film very much.It's the visualty that attracts me.Beowulf's struggling and trying to save the people from the dragon were gorgeous...
ReplyDeleteHello everybody.Making comments for a different literature is interesting for me.yes the Battle of Malden this old english poem is a kind of legendary story I think.I found it quite nonfictional and product of mind.It bears no relationship with the real life but the themes for loyalty and faithfullnes are good examples.the movie of it is more exciting i think compared to poem
ReplyDeleteHello everybody..Like most of us I hadn't heard about Anglo-Saxons until this year.I must admit thst I am not interested in literature classes.I have always thought that they are boring but after this class I saw that they can be enjoyable.Since visuality is more effective on me I liked the film version of Beowulf much more.It has some miracle and fantastic aspects.When it comes to poem,it is also interesting.In The Battle of Malden the most impressive aspect was,without doubt,people's braveness and loyalty to their king.It is a good example of this literature.It seems that I begin to love literature thanks to Amanda teacher:)
ReplyDeleteHii... ı watched beowulf before and liked it very much because I am interested in history. Beowulf is a heroic and interesting.I think The Battle Of Malden is informative and impressive.I learn about old English history and I enjoy it very much.This lesson increases my interest to English history.:)
ReplyDeleteHi!..This is the first time I have heard and watched about Anglo-Saxon literature as most of my friends have.Actually the poem did not impress me so much.However;afterwards when I watched the film, I understood how Beowulf was heroic.I think this kind of things should be shown as film because everyone then understand well what happened in the past.
ReplyDeleteAs a big fan of fantasy stuff, I can say I liked the poem, and the movie a lot. I had some prejudice beforehand(about the movie), but nevertheless I found it pretty decent. Even though it is a work of fiction, it is based on real events, and needless to say it inspired a lot of great writers including Tolkien.
ReplyDeleteHi!This year,no grammar,no reading-writing but English Literature:)Anglo-Saxon,Normans..I have seen these concepts in history books but now I learn about these in English.Honestly,I thought that literature class was going to be boring even disgusting at the beginning.(I'm sorry teacher:))Then the lesson started with Beowulf.At that time literature class captive me!I interested in Beowulf bacause I saw it last summer but watched in Turkish:)It seemed that it is a cartoon and I didn't know that it is related to English literature but I watched it with pleasure.I like heroic and blood-soaked films like Beowulf.It is an amusing and attracted...
ReplyDeleteHi!I like 'Beowulf' very much because ıt was so impressive and heroic.Before I watched it last week,I hadn't known anything about it and I hadn't heard anything.After wathing,I decided to watch the whole film.Also 'The Battle Of Malden' was the most beautiful example of loyalty to a king.If the king wants their lives from them to get rid of all the bad things,they can give their lives without thinking about it even one minute. Also the thing that made it different from the others is that it was written during war.I can not find a sentence to explain it,that is breath-taking.I agree with Sinan.That kind of things should be shown as a movie to learn something about the history of English Literature.Beforehand I have loved the history of all the languages,and now I am waiting for the next week's literature and history subject...
ReplyDeletehi everybody!I liked the story of beowulf,but when İ watched the movie of it,İ didn't think it's interesting.It was too far from the real life.I felt as i was watching cartoon as in my childhood.I admit that Beowulf was very brave.It was not too bad, but this story was not for me.I hope the next story will be appealing to everybody.
ReplyDeleteHi..I hadn't watched Beowulf before.After class i was curious about it and i've watched Beowulf.I think there are differences between the poem and the film.Actually i liked it, but it wasn't as interesting as i hoped.Really there are pleasant scenes in the film some of which are emotional, heroic..Caedmon's composing while sleeping is impressive.It's obvious people are loyal to their king.As a result, Beowulf is worth watching.
ReplyDeleteI dint watch this film before but it is very interesting.there are similarities both in poem and in film, but film is very attracting.Effects are very interestin.there is loyalty in both film and poem.In summer I heard something about English literature but a little:)In the film,braveness was showed perfectly.when your leader is dia,you must die also,this is very important for them for solciers.
ReplyDeleteHello everybody...Before ı say smt.;ı want to confess that ı have prejudices about the English Literature.Openly;English people are very kind so their literature are also kind,maybe...But after the lesson and watching the some part of Beowulf .ı start to think that this poems are very enjoyable indeed:)I liked Beowulf a lot...But ,in fact The Battle of Malden was much more valuable from the eyes of English Literature.I noticed that our topics are similar to each other.e.x.:bravery,irony,love...PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM DİFFERENT COUNTRIES CAN THINK THE SAME WAY...
ReplyDeleteHi!The poem is a type of literature that paint our history,culture,feelings and thoughts in glowing colours.The legends begin to talk with the poem.Heroic tales always take me back to times immemorial.While I was watching the Beowulf,I heard my heartbeats because I set out on a journey toward the past.Thank you to awaken these feelings in me:)
ReplyDeleteHello everybody.Firstly I admit that I dont like history much but after this lesson I started to get interested in engilsh history.Anglo-Saxsons history is really interesting and impressive.I learned a lot about them.Beowulf is also very heroic and interesting its film version is also quite informative.Also The Battle of Madlen was a good example of Anglo-Saxon history.I learned about loyalty and love from this poem.:)
ReplyDeleteHi!!Like most of us I haven't heard about Anglo-Saxons and Beowulf until this year.But last week when I was first watched it I thought that "I must watch the whole film.":) The loyalty and bravery to the king is the most important part of The Battle of Malden.And also I agree with Sinan,this kind of things should be shown as film because everyone then understand well what happened in the past.Congratulations Sinan:)
ReplyDeletehiii everybody !!! i want to say something abaout Beowulf. Before we watched it in class, i had heard about it. Absolutely, Beowulf is one of the most fascitaning and impressive movie that i have ever watched !! i am interested in history so i like Anglo-Saxsons.On the other hand, i know new information about Anglo-Saxsons thanks to The Battle of Madlen :)
ReplyDeleteHi, friends.Firstly I want to talk about the poem Beowulf.Although in some ways the poem wasn't realistic, I like it because I felt the feelings the poet had.The poem is more plausible than the film version in the poem, the heroic sight of characters is given in a very emotional way.As come to The Battle of Malden, it's really a wonderful.I really liked this poem.I was very affected from it when I first read it.Especially the sentences '' I'm old, I'll not go away, but I plan to lie down.By the side of my lord, by the man so dearly loved.''...
ReplyDeletefirstly i'd like to apologize to my dear teacher for being too late about writing something.secondly i thank her because she provides us to be more active in learnig this interesting literature.i think learnig a language needs to be learned about its culture.and of course to learn culture of a nation effectively is possible by learning its literature.in this way(blog spot system) we can find out english literature effectively.in that class we talked about "BEOWULF".it is more excited and emotional bacause the end of the adventure hero and brave beowulf died.it is not similar to turkish tales.because in turkish stories every time there is happy end.so this made me unhappy.
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ReplyDeleteTo tell the truth, ı thought that literature lesson wasnt gonna be interesting, but as ı learned something my thought has changed in a positive way. ı was absent that day so ı couldnt watch the film of Beowulf. But ı know something about it beforehand. It is a heroic n emotional poem. What impressed me so much are dying of Beowulf at the end of the poem n the strong loyalty to his leader in the Battle of Madlen. They are really important topic for Eng literature. I hope we ll learn more about Eng literature n tell them our students : )
Anglo-Saxon culture can greatly be seen in the literature of that time. The main Anglo-Saxon works were Beowulf and Battle of malden. Beowulf is so emotional, exciting story that ı got impressed so much. I lived Anglo_Saxon culture with Beowulf. For example;Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Germanic tribes. I admirer of Beowlf's loyalty. It is fascinating story. ı liked so much.
ReplyDeleteI lıked Beowolf...This story remind me ''Tarkan'' and ''Cüneyt Arkın'' films in Turkey.I like them as well because I like heroic stories and brave people in general.I enjoy watching this kind of movies although most of the scenes are nonsense and unrealistic..I'm planning watching Beowulf in near future...
ReplyDeleteFirstly I want to comment on "The Battle of Malden".Although it was a short poem,the agony tried to be shown can be felt easily,so I found this poem really effective.Also the idea of loyalty to the lord is very dominant,and this feeling of loyalty makes the poem more touching.But I won't be able say the same things for "Beawulf".He is a legendary hero,so you want to see him as perfect as possible.However he has a weakness for woman,which then causes a big trouble for him.In conclusion I did not like this poem in terms of content.
ReplyDeletehello friendss.. firstly i want to say i like this course because history of other countries affects me so much..beawulf is a legend of egglish and it is interestind due to the fact that we have like him in our history too..and the poem 'the battle of mealden'affects too because of loyalty to the lord... i think i will be affected again with others which will come soon..
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning i thought this lesson will be so borin because i don't like literature, but it is very enjoyable.Loyalty to lords,legandary braveries,etc they all are very gripping.Beowulf is my favourite one for the time being.Of course the poem of Beowulf is more interesting than animation version but watching it also very exciting.It also a little bit like our legends.
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ReplyDeleteactually i haven't heard about "The Battle of Malden" and "Beowulf" before this class and i didn't think that i would love this course since i'm only interested in Turish literature. but after this class my prejudgements turned out to be wrong.From both "The battle of malden" and "beowulf" i've effected from the poem more because of the loyality to the king,the emotions that cover our heart after reading it and the circumstances when the poem was being written.when comes to "beowulf" i wasn't effected from it as it was in the poem. ıt reminded me Cuneyt arkın's films in turkey and i don't like this kind of films since everything is exaggerated a lot...
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ReplyDeleteı had never heard about anglo saxons and beafolf before ı'm not interested in literature either, but it impressed me a lot and ı liked the poem too.As far as ı see english history seems to be interesting and ı'm curious about it..
hi everybody!''Beawolf and Battle of malden'' both of them are heroic poetries.We see a loyalty their lords.Loyalty one's lord is one of anglo-saxons values.Especially in battle of malden we see it.this is very affectıve.İn beawolf we see a fearless hero who fihgt for people.İ think we go on literature lesson more more interesting poetries.İ am looking forward to them.
ReplyDeleteı had watched beowulf before thıs course but ı was not ınteserted ın hıs role ın englısh lıterary..ı lıke both of them because beowulf and caedmons hymn both of them we have ın our lıterary..yes the names are diffirent but characterıstıcs of both are same ..it is amazing because our language belıef and lıfestyle ıs dıffırent but the theme is nearly same..
ReplyDeleteHi!! This is the first time I have heard about English Litererure. I am not interested in before but I found it very impressive. The character of Beowulf is similar to our culture in many ways so I don't find it strange.I think the poem is more didactic because ıt is more detailed than the film. It is legendary but on the other hand ıt is very effective.
ReplyDeleteHello!! I don't think that I can love English Lıteratute but after thıs lesson my opınıons have changed. I fınd ıt very effectıve and ımpressıve the fılm of Beowulf. But ın some ways ıt was exaggerated also ıt ıs dıfferent from the poem ın some stages. The poem ıs more realıstıc than fılm,I thınk.Because of the loyalty and bravery ın Beowulf Iam ımpresssed.
ReplyDeleteThe battle of Malden,Caedmon's Hymn and Beowulf were great examples to start English Literature because they give the information which should be known in the first place then they give the characteristics of the century.When I read The Battle of Malden I learned that loyalty to the King is a remarkable theme in such kinds of poems.This theme is also very logical.Beowulf was also very impressive.When I read the extract from the epic "Beowulf" which deals with his funeral rites everything revived in my mind.It was effective that we watched a part from the movie "Beowulf".The features of the poems of the century can be understood better in this way.
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