Teaching Beowulf : practical approaches /

"Beowulf is by far the most popular text of the medieval world taught in American classrooms, at both the high school and undergraduate levels. More students than ever before wrestle with Grendel in the darkness of Heorot or venture into the dragon's barrow for gold and glory. This increas...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Swain, Larry J. (Editor), Hostetter, Ophelia Eryn (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Text in English.
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : Kalamazoo : DeGruyter ; MIP, Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2024]
Series:	Studies in medieval and early modern culture ; 78.
Subjects:	Beowulf. Epic poetry, English (Old) > Study and teaching > United States. English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Study and teaching > United States. Monsters in literature. Dragons in literature. Heroes in literature. Poésie épique anglaise (vieil anglais) > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis. Poésie anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis. Monstres dans la littérature. Dragons dans la littérature. Héros dans la littérature.

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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: "Mystery Date"
Chapter 1, The Text of Beowulf: Teaching Issues and Solutions
Chapter 2, Beowulf and Translation: Introducing Students to Old English
Chapter 3, Of Fitts, Fights, and Funerals: Teaching the Episodes and Structure of Beowulf
Chapter 4, Beowulf: A Secondary Smorgasbord
Chapter 5, The Dragon Has Left the Building: Teaching Beowulf in the Community College Classroom
Chapter 6, Beowulf: Pedagogy in the Digital Age
Chapter 7, Teaching Beowulf through Its Sources and Analogues in the Undergraduate Survey
Chapter 8, Beowulf's Legacies in Popular Culture: Using Film to Teach Narrative Expectation
Chapter 9, Teaching Beowulf: Deconstructing the Orality/Literacy Binary and Toxic Nostalgia
Chapter 10, Helmets and Shields and Swords: Teaching the Material Culture of Beowulf
Chapter 11, Christian and Pagan Syncretism in Beowulf
Chapter 12, Three-Dimensional Heroism in Beowulf
Chapter 13, Teaching the Beowulf-Monsters
Chapter 14, Teaching Beowulf as a Cultural Reliquary
Chapter 15, Gender and Identity in Beowulf
Chapter 16, Teaching Homo-Eroticism and Homo-Amory in Beowulf
Chapter 17, The "Wildernesses" of Beowulf: Landscapes, Liminality, and Environmental Criticism
Appendix A: List of Episodes & Events in Beowulf (compiled by Mae Kilker)
Appendix B: Chronological Account of Geatish History.