We watched this really awesome video in Friday's class about the origins of the English language from a college lecturer. We are also apparently going to begin reading Beowulf. I've done some research and read some excerpts of it. It seems to be quite a difficult read, being that it was the first book...ever. However, it is definitely easier to understand than Shakespeare (I love Shakespeare). I didn't see the Beowulf movie, but perhaps I will do so whilst we read the story in class....we will see
Happy week-after-winter-break!
2 comments:
I wonder if Beowulf is as coherent as "The Canterbury Tales". I hope it's better, that was awful.
Also, I loved that video too. I would love it if that guy was my professor.
As I mentioned on Arielle's blog, I loved the video. I remember seeing the movie for Beowulf, and thinking it was incredibly cheesy.
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