"A (wo)man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of (her)his life in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of beautiful God has implanted in the human soul."- Goethe















Friday, June 3, 2011

Beowulf

Introducing the oldest known English text:


If you want to read about testosterone-driven adventures, old kings, and warrior honor, this is a good book for you. (It's also considered a poem, so watch out: you might accidentally get exposed to the finer aspects of the literary world.) Themes to consider are:
  • Honor, valor, righteousness
  • The presence of Christian references in a  pre-Christian-dated text (curious, don't you think?)
  • Women's roles in the text
  • Traditions in the mead house, on the battlefield, while traveling and visiting, and following a death

2 comments:

  1. Hey Laura. . .this is Natasha King. Remember me? Anyway, I'm pretty excited that I finally found you(and I'm guessing you're not on Facebook because I've never been able to find you there), and congrats on your new little one! So cute! I love your blog, at least what I've seen in it when I skimmed through some of it this morning to make sure it was really you. Soooo we should totally reconnect, at least through the internet world.

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  2. Natasha, I'd love to hear all about your adventures! My email address is laura.n.baxter@gmail.com; I can't wait to hear from you!

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