Category Archives: Archived Projects

New vs. Old Translation Beowulf (Word Clouds)

Hello and welcome to my first project for fall 2021! For this project, I decided I wanted to look closely at the specific words used in Beowulf and see if there were any big differences in the language with an old versus new translation aside from the “Bro” vs “Lo” that we’ve talked about before.Continue reading “New vs. Old Translation Beowulf (Word Clouds)”

Majority Knows “Best” (Project 1)

Equiano’s “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African” or “Life of Equiano” for short, and Soyinka’s “Death and King’s Horseman” are two books that have very heavy themes of religion and tradition from multiple points of view. What I mean by that is in “Life of Equiano”, EquianoContinue reading “Majority Knows “Best” (Project 1)”

Project #1

  Christianity Through Different Times  Religions and How they Impacted in Different Readings. With over 2 billion followers, Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world. The Christian faith is based on beliefs about Jesus Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection. While Christianity began with a small group of followers, many historians considerContinue reading “Project #1”

Loneliness in The Wife’s Lament, The Wanderer, & Beowulf

There are a few obvious themes that are represented in the poems The Wife’s Lament and The Wanderer by Aaron K. Hostetter. The first theme that I noticed was the theme of isolation/loneliness. Isolation is one of the fundamental themes of literature. It’s a state of loneliness in which you can feel cut off andContinue reading “Loneliness in The Wife’s Lament, The Wanderer, & Beowulf”

Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)

The Assignment This activity involves the entire classroom, the class will be split up into a number of equally sized groups. Each person will be assigned a section of the novel. Please keep your section to yourself as telling other classmates will ruin the surprise later. Once you’ve received your section, you will work onContinue reading “Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)”

Death and The Kings Horseman: A Shot At Colonial Insensitivities.

Owen Congdon-Moore Currents in Global Literature Professor Nicholas Helms October 2, 2021 Essay 1                         Death and The Kings Horsemen: A Tale of Colonial Cluelessness             Soyinka’s narrative within the play of Death and The Kings Horsemen is at all points a tragic look into colonial interference of tribal culture and social health. Elesins roleContinue reading “Death and The Kings Horseman: A Shot At Colonial Insensitivities.”

Beowulf: Life Coach

For my unessay, I imagined a world in which Beowulf took to the internet to impart his wisdom on unsuspecting masses, as a life coach. What better way to draw vulnerable populations to him! To advertise himself and attempt to gather new clientele, I designed the beginnings of Beowulf’s Life Coach website.  After viewing aroundContinue reading “Beowulf: Life Coach”

The Mysterious Bisclavret and His King (a potential manga adaptation – unessay 1)

The Mysterious Bisclavret and His King Prologue There once was a beautiful man who lived a happy life. None know his name, so we shall call him Bisclavret, the French name for “werewolf.” He was a knight and lord, well loved by the kingdom and his wife. This kingdom had problems, like most kingdoms, butContinue reading “The Mysterious Bisclavret and His King (a potential manga adaptation – unessay 1)”

The Truth of Medieval Knights

Growing up, my favorite film to watch was The Sword In The Stone. I rewatched the film so many times that I made my own medieval knights costume (with my mom’s help of course) and would go trick or treating as a knight for many halloweens. Stories and movies about medieval knights have always fascinatedContinue reading “The Truth of Medieval Knights”