tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39463782011-04-21T14:54:07.654-05:00Senior Project Fall 2002- Spring 2003 A special thanks to Dr. Morgan and Dr. Evans for their help and support through the year.Ayleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08633066982746355076noreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946378.post-940239082003-05-08T20:14:00.000-05:002003-05-08T20:14:28.000-05:00

I have officially ended the Senior Project part of my Beowulf site, but I will continue my research - as a hobby. I have found too much satisfaction in my discoveries to quit altogether. Thanks again to Dr. Morgan for his help in the design of the project and for Dr. Evans who gave me the inspiration to begin studying the Middle Ages.

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The year coming to close and the the site is looking up and ready I believe I have finally gotten finishing touches on the site and have gone through editing. I am hoping to continue the research and maybe add in information past Beowulf, more Middle Ages lifestyles that can compliment the poem and add a real background to such a work of literature.

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Site is meeting my expectancies and exceeding I am extremely happy with how my site looks. I turned from wanting it to be a very visual site and then suddenly began to believe a cleaner look would be better. As I looked for sites with information, I noticed I would trust those sites that had a clean look, no ads in their pages, and no silly graphics. I wanted information, not visual stimulation!

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I took a few hours to work on my "Woven" section on my website. This is the page I am most intrigued by - the myths they had known in those days and the things that brought about their values in society. Germanic heroes have such fascinating adventures and to contrast and compare them with Beowulf's story was ingenious.

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Going on strong! I just uploaded a few new pages to my website - Beowulf Guide *Monsters and Hero A few pages are not put up yet but will be coming soon.

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I just watched the 13th Warrior - I rented it from the Blockbuster down the street. I had seen it originally when it first came out and remember it being interesting. Now that I heard from Aspen that it is loosely based on beowulf, I had to rent it and try it again. It was fascinating looking for all the bits that go with the Beowulf poem. It also took me a long time in figuring out the character

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Discussion I have been discussing Beowulf with a lot of people these days. More than half have heard of Beowulf and know parts - especially Grendel. A lot haven't even thought of reading it. Maybe they didn't have to read it in highschool or they just don't remember. I vaguely remember it myself, but since coming to BSU and meeting Dr. Evans, I have come to fully appreciate it and have loved

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Library Work I spent two hours at the library today and found some great information on the woven stories within the text. I will be adding that information when I have time. I plan on uploading the beginnings of my Beowulf pages on monday. I suppose I am a little scared to show Dr. Morgan the template because he may find something wrong with it. I worked very hard and for hours on them. Yet,

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Absence and Renewal of Interest On account of Midterms, Spring Break, and Sickness I had neglected my Senior project for a few weeks. I am back, though. I have found a different design for my template that I like a lot better than previous ones. This one seems to be a lot cleaner and easier on the eyes. I have added more runic design of my own and hopefully this will be all the tweaking I will

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Woven Stories I would like to dicuss The stories: *The Race of Cain - The demonic monsters and giants that descended from Cain's clan. *The Breca saga - As told by Unferth and the relevance it had in the story *The saga of Sigemund and perhaps a link to the full story as told in the Chickering book *The burning of Heorot that is foretold in the lines 82-85 and their significance *Heremod

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The Text I came up with some questions that I plan to answer: Where did the oral Beowulf originate? When was the first manuscript written of this story? Who wrote the manuscript? Where was it kept? What happened to the manuscript through time? Where is the manuscript now? Are there any online images of the text? How many translations are out there now? I will do my best to gather the information

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Monsters Monsters went very well. I have been keeping up with my schedule with a few exceptions. By the end of the week there are a few questions still in my mind on each page that I will end up trying to fix after I have them all begun. I have found I am still obsessed about the history of the characters, the story, and the traditions. I almost wonder if there is a thesis for my graduate work

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Hero and Second Thoughts I have just finished putting together the information I have collected for "Hero". What I need now is to look up the secondary questions I ask after I find the initial information. I am trying my best to find links on the internet that are reliable so that whoever comes to see my website will know the information is true. I have to admit I got too excited doing the "

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The week starting with "Hero" I have been asking myself what this page should include. I look at my earlier sketches and I have "Overview of Deeds", "Beowulf as Metaphor", "Significance to Past Ages", and "Significance to Today's Society". Is this what my audience would expect from the "Hero" link? What I have as topics seems to be about the general text. What I have is a link to a specific

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Links for Ancestors Beowulf and the Creatures of Denmark Character List The Dating of Beowulf Anglo Saxon Kingdoms Kings of Mercia Saxon Genealogies

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Library Session I was at the library from 2pm until 4pm looking up some more books on Ancestry. So far I have a list of what I would like included: Beow - God info, maybe a picture representation Waermund - The story in Beowulf text vs. Historical fact Offa - The story in Beowulf text vs. Historical fact Eaomaer - The story in Beowulf text vs. Historical fact Real? Scyld Scefing Woden?

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I found an extensive Beowulf site by Syd Allan and am very impressed with the research he must have gone through. I am blown away.

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Meeting Had a very informative meeting with Dr. Morgan today. Suggestions for overall design: *Try without heavy bars on design *Try thinner bars *Try a plain Horizontal Rule *Desaturate the dark bars and make them lighter Page Suggestions: *Keep an eye on what to include on the front page *Make a larger version of my 'Beowulf Guide' icon on the top left. Other Suggestions: *Look up SSI and

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A new look for this site with more emphasis on my deadlines and getting this project done on time.

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New Schedule and New Links The time has come where I should tighten down my schedule and make a deadline for each page. I am giving each webpage one week to be done starting next Monday. This means: Ancestry: Should be done by February 7th Hero: Should be done by February 15th Monsters: Should be done by February 22nd Text: Should be done by March 1st Woven Stories: Should be done by March 8th

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The library books are due soon and I haven't finished with them yet. It seems I will need to bring them in and work with what I have now. I have found a list of journals that should help me fill in the gaps of information that I wish to include. Otherwise, I may need to just start looking it up on the internet and hope I find reliable sources, or come up with my own conclusions. I want this site

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I came up with a toned down website that has the elements I wish to keep.

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I have been having problems with the process of finding the right color scheme without being overly encumbersome on my webpage. I do have the color I like best in the current testing, but it does seem to be a bit much. Maybe if the background is white? I love the simplicity of my banner along the top. Maybe the part that seems to be too much is the rulers I used, the knotwork designs? I am not

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I believe I have found the look that I want for my beowulf site. This is my ninth-plus attempt and so far this is my absolute favorite.

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I am in the process now of reading the multiple books I have checked from the library. I have a notebook with all the different aspects listed down and am currently writing down who says what on what section of my webpage. As this is a time where there will be few updates until I get a lot of that reading done, I have been taking breaks to work on the website overall design. My favorite so far is

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R.W., Chambers. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn. 3rd ed. London: Cambridge, 1967. “This story bears in its general outline every impression of true history: the struggle for the throne between the nephew and the uncle, the support given to the unsuccessful candidate by a rival state, these are events which recur frequently in the

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A test website with blue and "new image" Fourth Testing

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I have been working on a different banner for the front page, here is a different twist. New Image I scanned in my drawing of the background, manipulated the file (it was originally square, not rectagle), and then added the spiffy rune writing to it. It is large, so I am not sure what I'll do with it, if I even use it.

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Third Testing Fourth Testing

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I re-thought my earlier design and figured that if the person looking at my site has their graphics off, they wouldn't be able to navigate my site. So, I added the bottom as a precaution for normal links that are typed out. I just hope the person looking at my site go directly to those and doesn't even see my actual navigation scheme. I added a different drawing into the site, it's not mine so I

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A Test Webpage I used the new look that I have been pondering on, made my own buttons from research on runes and this is what I came up with. I personally really like it. New banner look The downfall would be if the download takes too long. I am not sure how that is going to go. I may need to go in and change all the picture names to .jpg's instead of .gif's Oh and if you get an error,

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I been sketching some more! I've made a few more sketches to my webpages Ancestry Citation Links I also began sketching some different looks for the site and possible banners. I think I have figured it out and will post it when I get a good grip on the way it should be.

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Website Sketches All my sketches so far, loading may take a minute.

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Beowulf Image Quote The man whose name was known for courage, the Geat leader, resolute in his helmet, answered in return: "We are retainers from Hygelac's band. Beowulf is my name. (lines 340-343) Grendel's Mother Quote She came to Heorot. There, inside the hall, Danes lay asleep, earls who would soon endure a great reversal, once Grendel's mother attacked and entered. Her onslaught was less

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Grendel's Image Quote Grendel was the name of this grim demon haunting the marches, marauding round the heath and the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time in misery among the banished monsters, Cain's clan, whom the Creator had outlawed and condemned as outcasts. (lines 102-107) Heorot Image Quote Far and wide through the world, I have heard, orders for work to adorn that wallstead were sent

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Appointment with Dr. Morgan at 1p.m. I will be seeing Dr. Morgan today to show him the results of my Beowulf outline. Hopefully everything goes smooth and I can keep going on with the project with minimal changes. I also re-checked out my library books (9) and will keep working on my documentation as I can.

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The Metaphoric Beowulf A paper I wrote for my English lit. Class 11/20/02 There is a great opportunity for discussions on the different meanings that can be found within the Beowulf text. We could take the poem literally, a view into the early history of Europe. But, with the fantastical characters interlaced throughout the text we accept Beowulf as a work of fiction. Settings and characters

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Lee - Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: Beowulf as Metaphor (Continued...) Lee, Alvin A..Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: Beowulf as Metaphor. University of Toronto Press Incorporated. 1998. "The Beowulf poet does not compose a a writer of representational or naturalistic fiction. Rather he works within a creative process in which, instead of describing the sixth-century world of the Danes and the Geats,

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Lee - Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: Beowulf as Metaphor Lee, Alvin A..Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: Beowulf as Metaphor. University of Toronto Press Incorporated. 1998. "The poet's presentation of Beowulf's decision to go to Denmark and of the voyage itself is done with economy and just enough featural information to shape a vivid narrative. The main focus is on the extraordinary figure of the

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Beowulf : My Senior Project Outline I will be working on this project with aid by Dr. Morgan and Dr. Evans. My proposal is to make a “Rough Guide” for Beowulf. I wish this guide to be in a web-page format that can be utilized by university level students as well as any other Beowulf readers. I want to include information that is the key to understanding Beowulf. I will be including critic’s

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Beowulf Links - Sibling Sites **The complete Beowulf Manuscript translated by Francis B. Gummere **Full Old English text at Georgetown University, with line numbers. **A guide for Beowulf, very interesting design and information. Goals My goal for my website is for colleagues in an University setting utilizing my information to better understand the Old English poem "Beowulf". I want a

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And the project begins As this is my first post, I will list the things I have done. 1) I have 8 books checked out. 2 have been read and I am devouring the different ideas that authors and critics come up with for interpreting the classic Beowulf. 2) I have searched the internet for other Beowulf guides, I see some are out there, but not the same kind as I am planning. 3) I have found my headers

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