The Epic of Gilgamesh
Beowulf
Assignment: After reading John Gardner's Grendel (Holt p39), write your own narrative from the villain's perspective. See the assignment here: The Villain. |
Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
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Old English Riddles
From Swarthmore College Dept of English Literature Click the image at left to hear riddles in Old English.
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Assignment: Write your own Anglo-Saxon riddle. Click here to go to the assignments page.
Why study literature?
- Why do we read "classic" texts?
- Why read texts written hundreds of years ago
or in countries we don't live in? - Why read dull and complex translations?
- Why read historical texts?
- Why read at all?