11/18/13
In Class:
Journal-- Write a eulogy for yourself from an outsider's perspective. What will people remember of you? What will be your legacy?
Reviewed the final scenes of Beowulf, focusing on The Father's Lament (l. 2444), the battle with the dragon, and Beowulf's funeral, contrasting heroic and elegiac styles. Read and discussed "On Transience," an essay by Sigmund Freud similar to some of Hrothgar's elegiac reflections.
Distributed Grendel, the novel we will be reading next, by John Gardner.
Exit ticket: Define 'elegy.'
Homework:
Read through p. 29 of Grendel.
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