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    Cynewulf was an Old English poet who authored several religious poems including Elene, Juliana, Christ II, Crist, and The Phoenix. Elene recounts the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, while Juliana and Crist deal with spiritual themes. Christ II focuses on the human soul. The Phoenix conceptualizes the cycle of life through the symbol of the Christian resurrection. Beowulf is an Old English heroic narrative poem that tells the story of a Geatish warrior who helps the Danes by defeating monsters like Grendel and his mother. It explores themes of youth, age, good versus evil, and the relationship between pagan and Christian traditions in Anglo-Saxon society.

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    Cynewulf was an Old English poet who authored several religious poems including Elene, Juliana, Christ II, Crist, and The Phoenix. Elene recounts the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, while Juliana and Crist deal with spiritual themes. Christ II focuses on the human soul. The Phoenix conceptualizes the cycle of life through the symbol of the Christian resurrection. Beowulf is an Old English heroic narrative poem that tells the story of a Geatish warrior who helps the Danes by defeating monsters like Grendel and his mother. It explores themes of youth, age, good versus evil, and the relationship between pagan and Christian traditions in Anglo-Saxon society.

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    Cynewulf was an Old English poet who authored several religious poems including Elene, Juliana, Christ II, Crist, and The Phoenix. Elene recounts the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, while Juliana and Crist deal with spiritual themes. Christ II focuses on the human soul. The Phoenix conceptualizes the cycle of life through the symbol of the Christian resurrection. Beowulf is an Old English heroic narrative poem that tells the story of a Geatish warrior who helps the Danes by defeating monsters like Grendel and his mother. It explores themes of youth, age, good versus evil, and the relationship between pagan and Christian traditions in Anglo-Saxon society.

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    CYNEWULF

    OLD ENGLISH POET


    ELENE, JULIANA, CHRIST II, CRIST, THE PHOENIX
    ELENE – LONGEST POEMS,CONTEXT SAINT HELENA FINDS TRUE
    CROSS (SELF/GOD/HUMANITY), CHRONICLE OF THE UNEARTHING
    OF THE CROSS BY HELENA (MOTHER OF EMPEROR
    CONSTANTINE)
    JULIANA – EXETER BOOK, THEME OF SPIRITUAL EXILE,
    HAGIOGRAPHIC POEM (TYPE OF BIOGRAPHY OFTEN ABOUT
    SAINTS/RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY)
    CHRIST II – (OR) ASCENSION – WRITTEN IN VERNACULAR OLD
    ENGLISH, READINGS ON HUMAN SOUL/SPIRIT
    CRIST – EXETER BOOK, RELIGIOUS POEM
    THE PHOENIX – CONCEPTUALIZES EXISTENTIALISM AS A CYCLE
    OF LIFE, SYMBOL OF CHRISTIAN RESURRECTION
    OLD ENGLISH WRITINGS/STYLE/NOTABLE STRUCTURALISM:

    POWERFULLY INVENTIVE IMAGINATION, CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, TRADITIONAL


    VERSE CRAFT
    EXPERT CONTROL OF STRUCTURALISM, EXTENDED SIMILIES & DRAMATIC
    DIALOGUE
    EMPLOYS RUNIC SIGNATURE (LETTERS IN GERMANIC LANGUAGE) TO INDUCE
    HIS NAME IN HIS WORKS
    MESSAGE THROUGH RUNIC LANGUAGE: “WORLDLY PLEASURES VANISH AS
    EASILY AS WATER”
    THOUGHT OF DEATH & LAST JUDGEMENT, INCLUDES SELF-REFERENTIAL
    PASSAGES, RHYMING SEQUENCES ARE RARE IN OLD ENGLISH POETRY
    BEOWULF
    HEROIC NARRATIVE, LONG NARRATIVE POEM, HISTORICAL FACTS
    FALL OF WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE TO GERMANIC TRIBES (5TH C AD) –
    POLITICAL UNREST & ECONOMIC, CULTURAL DECLINE
    DOMINATED BY BLOODY WARFARE, RESULTED IN ABANDONING HOMES
    TRIBES – ANGLES,SAXONS,JUTES – ANGLO-SAXON CIVILISATION
    BEOWULF – PLOT : EUROPEAN MAINLAND – TRIBES (DANES/DENMARK &
    GEATS/SWEDEN)
    WARRIOR WHO CROSSES SEA TO AID DANES, SUCCEEDS HYGELAC (UNCLE)
    THE WARRIOR CULTURE IN NORTH GERMANIC SOCIETIES CELEBRATED
    LOYALTY
    AMONG VARIOUS TRANSLATIONS, BURTON RAFFLE – CLASSIC
    USAGE OF CAESURA
    BEOWULF –OPENS WITH TWO GREAT KINGDOMS OF GEAT’S (BEOWULF) &
    DANE’S (HROTHGAR SUCCEEDS HALFDANE)

    DANE – TORMENTED BY MONSTER GRENDEL


    UNDER HROTHGAR, KINGDOM PROSPERED, SUCCESS, CONSTRUCTS MONUMENT – A
    MEAD HALL – SONGS OF GOD’S CREATION – ANGERS GRENDEL – SLAUGHTERS 30 MEN
    BEOWULF KILLS GRENDEL – GRENDEL’S MOTHER SEEKS REVENGE – GETS KILLED
    FIGHT BETWEEN DRAGON & BEOWULF
    BEOWULF’S LAST BATTLE – KILLS DRAGON – WOUNDED IN THE NECK BY THE DRAGON –
    DIES
    POEM ENDS WITH FUNERAL PYRE OF THE OLD WARRIOR
    DOMINANT THEMES –
    LINK BETWEEN 2 TRADITIONS (OLD PAGAN TRADITION,NEW TRADITION OF CHRISTIAN
    RELIGION)
    THEME OF YOUTH AND AGE (BEOWULF AS THE DARING PRINCE,HEROIC WARRIOR,AGING
    KING, HUMAN & HEROIC SIDE)
    CONFLICT BETWEEN GOOD & EVIL

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