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chin 01-23-2008 07:32 AM

English literature
 
I am studin' English literature and I have a lot of questions.

I find it difficult to understand Beowulf and so on.

I am searching for help and if you can help or just give me some useful websites. I will appriciat it.

My msn chin3cn@hotmail.com

Amnell 01-23-2008 07:37 AM

Lol, I'd say "Good luck with Beowulf" to just about everyone. Olde English may be an interesting study of itself, but it's a pain in the ass anywhere else XP .

But, of course, if you're looking for online resources, there are always things like Cliff'sNotes and the like. Wikipedia would have plenty of analytical what-to-do about it.

Ultimately, though, I'd say "Just watch the movie--it was more fun." (Even if the movie had very little to do with the actual legend XD ) .

Rogozhin 01-23-2008 09:03 AM

I think I made an account here some time ago > Learn ESL,Online Help Using English,Grammar Rules,Letter Writing Tips

Seems just as bustling as JF, you should get fast responses there.

Saiga 01-23-2008 09:46 AM

I read that in it's poem form or whatever it's called in Highschool my senior year. It wasn't horrible to understand but you did have to think about it a bit. I got through with the class with a pretty good understanding and my advice to you is to google it and see if you can get an explanation or at least something to translate some of that old English used. Good luck with your search. :vsign:

chin 01-23-2008 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amnell (Post 369558)
Lol, I'd say "Good luck with Beowulf" to just about everyone. Olde English may be an interesting study of itself, but it's a pain in the ass anywhere else XP .

But, of course, if you're looking for online resources, there are always things like Cliff'sNotes and the like. Wikipedia would have plenty of analytical what-to-do about it.

Ultimately, though, I'd say "Just watch the movie--it was more fun." (Even if the movie had very little to do with the actual legend XD ) .

what kind of movie should i watch to enhance my ability of understandin such works?
I really want to watch but i just dont know how to find the right one.
of any time from Anglo-saxon to thE Renaissance.

chin 01-23-2008 11:25 AM

It is a good site, thank you.
I once tried if there is a site like englishforum.com
And now i see there exsits englishforums.com

I will get myself registered later.


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