I.
The Nibelungenlied ( A Classic Literature)
II.
Introduction
Instruct
the students to research and read about the “Early European Literature”.
With the fall of Rome, Europe slipped backward almost into savagery. Here
and there were great men, saints and mystics; but the mass of the people were helpless both against nature and against their
oppressors, the raiding savages, the roaming criminals, the domineering nobles. The very physical aspect of Europe was repellent
– a continent of ruins and forests dotted with rude forts, miserable villages, and tiny scattered towns joined by a
few rough rods, between which lay backwoods, areas where their habitants were really as savage as those inhabiting Central Africa.
These dark ages gave way to the Middle Ages, representing the gradual but steady and laborious progress of civilization.
Little by little, the darkness lifted and the Greco-Roman civilization begun to reassert itself. Roman civilization and culture
had not completely perished.
How much of it survived? Very little. Through what channels did it survive? It survived in the Christian church, on
the monasteries. From very humble beginnings, the church was rising into power and authority, practically, all intellectual
pursuits and activities took place in the monasteries.
Much of the progress of the Middle ages was educational. Universities appeared like street lights being lighted one
by one after a blackout. The University of Salermo
was the first, rapidly followed by the Universities of Bologna, Paris, Oxford,
Cambridge, Salamanca, and Heidelberg.
At the same time, standards of scholarship rose in certain monastic orders. The learning ad aesthetic sensibility which still
survived was preserved in the monasteries.
III.
Objectives:
At
the end of the lesson, the students should be able to;
a. read
the story entitled “The Nibelungenlied”,
b. give
the meaning of the unfamiliar terms,
c. verbalize
the character traits of the main characters,
d. summarize
the story, and
e. make
a movie based on the story.
IV.
Values and Skills
Values: Enjoy and mourn
with one’s achievements for us to live with
peace.
Skills:
Reading, writing, listening and speaking.
V.
Resources:
Reference:
English Communication Arts and Skills Through World Literature, by; Josephine B. Serrano &
Milagros G. Lapid, Copyright 2004 by Phoenix Publishing house, Inc., pages 58-60.
Materials:
Computer, digital camera
VI.
Activities
A. Introduction
· Ask your students that you will have a graded recitation about the assignment, “Early European
Literature.”
· Call the name of the students who raise hands and let them answer the question.
1. Describe
Europe at the fall of Rome.
2. Why
is it called “Dark Age”?
3. How
does the Roman civilization brought about?
4. What
are the universities mentioned at the middle Ages?
B. Group the students into two.
· Group 1: Answer the following values:
a. What does this sentence imply about the cultural patterns of the ancient Burgundians as regards women: “But in
spite of his splendid achievement and his great fame, he failed at first even to have an audience with her”?
b. Brunhild imposed three tests on her suitors. In ancient times, did Filipino authors also submit to certain tests impose
by the father of the girl they courted?
c. Who is the villain in the story? Gunther? Hagen? Or
Brunhild?
· Group 2 : Answer the following questions for vocabulary building:
a. What is a double wedding? A mass wedding? A military wedding?
b. What is the difference among a girdle, a belt, and a sash?
c. What is a rassal? A slave?
d. Differentiate a hound and a poodle; a fox-terrier and a bull dog.
e. Explain how Siegfried was killed.
C. Read the story entitled “ The Nibelungenlied”
(First reading by the teacher)
(Second reading by the students)
·
Answer the motivation question.
1. Who are the main characters of the story?
2. Why Gunther allowed Siegfried to marry Brunhild?
3. Do you think Siegfried really love Brunhild? Support your answer.
4. Characterize Siegfried and Gunther.
D. Presentation
Ask the two groups to present their answers using the PowerPoint Presentation.
E. Relate the story based on the present society.
·
Ask the two groups to revise the story with the association of current
trends using Microsoft Publisher.
·
F. Comments and Suggestions:
Instruct the students to discuss about the story and the revised version they made. Each group will write their
reflections including their comments and suggestions.
VII.
Assessment
G. Make
the story an independent film.
H. The film will be viewed by fellow students and upload to YOUTUBE.
