1. INTRODUCTION MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

2. Have you ever had stories told to you, at night, by the fireside?

9. Examples of present day epic singers and tribal storytellers  INDIA Hindu Temple Fire Dance Storytelling about the Hindu Monkey King God Hanuman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0erfEThNw  TIBET Epic storytelling about the hero Gesar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv8IxLw3NWs&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv8IxLw3NWs&feature=related  AUSTRALIA Storytelling during a coming-of-age ceremony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwR8BA_5Sd4

12. THE THREE RAVENS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv19-vagxuI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv19-vagxuI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsv2S63HYqM&playnext=1&list=PL6A0179BE603E9B95&feature=results_video Image source: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/735/735583p1.htmlhttp://dvd.ign.com/articles/735/735583p1.html

13. Medieval Literature The formal tradition, the courtly tradition and the popular tradition side by side… or… Hand in hand?

14. A Medieval Epic in Old English: Beowolf A hero His brave deeds His superhuman power A monster The monster’s mother

15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX--9m-OvoI Beowulf 2007 In 6 minutes

16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyAanB83Ke0 Beowulf 2007 Trailer

17. Performer Benjamin Bagby, with his Anglo Saxon harp, narrating the beginning of Beowulf in Old English.. In the old way… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y13cES7MMd8

18. And here is an amusing, simple summary of Beowulf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gGkf5_NQNY&feature=related

19. THE CANTERBURY TALES in Chaucer’s Middle English French fabliaux, which are comic stories in verse, the Roman de la Rose, one of the most influential and famous poems of the Middle Ages, and Boccaccio’s Decameron, a long work with many tales, were some of the important influences on Chaucer’s genius when composing the Canterbury Tales—his portrayal of the tale telling game that went on during pilgrimages in his times. The question is, who is telling the tale? Chaucer? His characters? And, does he really mean it, or is it a tongue-in-cheek message? Source: William, Robert. Chainani, Soman ed. *The Canterbury Tales Study Guide : Literature in the Middle Ages*. GradeSaver, 30 November 2008 Web. 18 March 2012.

20. Here is Chaucer, telling a story…

21. …to King Richard III…

22. …in 1415. Source: http://www.luminarium.org/me dlit/chaucerport.htm

23. A video peek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SRQxGq0m3c Some great websites: http://www.canterburytales.org/ http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/section26/ http://www.siue.edu/~ejoy/eng404syllabusfall03.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SRQxGq0m3c http://www.canterburytales.org/ http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/section26/ http://www.siue.edu/~ejoy/eng404syllabusfall03.htm

24. Listen to Middle English: The prologue to The Canterbury Tales. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOMU And read, side by side, Middle English and Modern English versions. http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html Next to the word EDITION you must select ENFACE ME-MO (Middle English next to Modern English).

25. And what about the patient chronicler, the Venerable Bede, who lived around the year 700? http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Bede-Penguin-Classics/dp/014044727X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1332533353&sr=8-7 Take a look inside this Amazon book about St. Bede´s times. A video about THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, by Venerable Bede http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9u243QirRY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5O0v3Rkeg0 A two-minute video about Saint Bede´s life an d work.