'Epic poetry' presentation slideshows

The Odyssey Game

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Listen to Beowulf , read by its translator, Seamus Heaney

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Poetry

Poetry. By Tara Cavanaugh and David Jagusch ED 205 P. All About Poetry. Elements. History. Authors. Allegory & Metaphor Rhyme & Meter Irony & Image Simile & Symbol Alliteration & Assonance Tone & Word order . Epic Poetry. Styles. T.S. Eliot. Sonnet Haiku Epic

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Writing in Different Genres

Writing in Different Genres. Genre?. The denotation of the word genre is ( noun) a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.

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Writing in Different Genres

Writing in Different Genres. Genre?. The denotation of the word genre is ( noun) a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.

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Beowulf

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Historical Background of Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxon People

Historical Background of Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxon People . The Beginnings of English. I. Development of the English Language Angles, Saxon, and Jutes 2. 3. 4. B. Norman French 1. 2. 3. 4. II. Conquest of Britain A. Celts 800~600 B.C. 1. 2.

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ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE & THE EPIC poem

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CC200 Classical World Homeric and Archaic Greek Communities

CC200 Classical World Homeric and Archaic Greek Communities. Reconstructing the past from epic poetry, historical accounts and material culture M. Arnush, February 1 st , 2012. Periodization of history. Homer and the world he creates: on-line passages from the Odyssey.

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Greek Theatre

Greek Theatre. Tragedy. Major Writers. Aeschylus. Sophocles. Euripides. Comedy. Aristophanes. Lyric and epic poetry. Music. Dance. Roman Theatre. music. virgil. ovid.

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Ancient Greece

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Ancient Music

Ancient Music. Glossary Terms. hymns aulos Kithara lyre monophonic Harmonia Ethos. Bone Flute.

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ANGLO-SAXON POETRY

ANGLO-SAXON POETRY. LYRIC POETRY. Short poems, sometimes sung, which develop and/or express deep-felt emotion rather than tell a story. Conventions of Anglo Saxon Lyric Poetry. Use of caesura or pause mid-line Use of alliteration to connect the two parts

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey. Notes on Homer and his epic poems. Homer. May have lived sometime between 850 BCE and early 1200 BCE Much of his life is a mystery He probably lived closer to the 850 BCE date The Iliad and The Odyssey both date from around this time

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THE LESSER GODS OF OLYMPUS

THE LESSER GODS OF OLYMPUS. Eros Hebe Iris The Graces The Muses. EROS (CUPID). Greek god of love and sexual desire A n attendant of Aphrodite U sually depicted as a young winged boy, with his bow and arrows at the ready, often represented as blindfolded T wo types of arrows :

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Narrative Poetry

Narrative Poetry. THE POWER OF THE BALLAD. Narrative poetry is a genre of poetry that has a plot. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be simple or complex. . Narrative Poetry continued.

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Myths

Myths. Muses. Sources. Homer (circa 800 bc ): The Iliad and The Odyssey Hesiod (circa 750 bc ) Theogony : Greek version of creation of the world Other ancient sources. Invocations. Most ancient works of literature begin with an invocation to the muses

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The Nine Muses

The Nine Muses. By Jackie Minor. Thesis: I am going to be talking about the nines muses of Greek mythology. Category. Category: demigods The nine muses are demigods because one parent is a god while the other is not

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Poetry

Poetry. An Adventure with Words. Poetry - how to get there. Poetry - How to Get There. Other Types of Poetry: Sonnet - 14 lines - iambic pentameter - (Shakespeare, for example) Haiku - Japanese - 17 syllables, 3 line Lyric Poetry - Epic Poetry - Illiad/Odyssey

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