Lit@MIT Readathon: Beowulf
Arthur Bahr
Tue Jan 25, 09:30am-04:00pm, 14E-304
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Get ready to rumble as the third annual Lit@MIT Readathon tackles Beowulf this IAP. On January 25, starting at 9:30 am in 14E-304, all are invited to come and join as we read out the hero's battles against the monstrous Grendel and his ferocious mother in Denmark, and a fire-breathing dragon back in his homeland. We will use Seamus Heaney's award-winning translation, which has the advantage of including the original Old English as well; those with either expertise in the language or an especially doughty spirit of adventure can read in Old English (on-the-spot pronunciation lessons will be available), but everyone is enthusiastically welcome. (No one, incidentally, should feel obliged to stay for the entire extravaganza; drop-ins are encouraged.) Following the conclusion of the poem proper, we will watch the probably-truly-terrible-but-still-amusing recent (2007) movie version of the poem. Mead, alas, will not be served, but light refreshments will be.
9:30am-11:30am 14E-304
11:30am-1:30pm TBD
1:30pm-2pm 14E-304 for lunch
2pm-4pm 32-141 for movie screening
Web: http://lit.mit.edu
Contact: Jamie Graham, 14N-407, x8-5629, jamiecg@mit.edu
Sponsor: Literature
Latest update: 13-Jan-2011
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