Ancient Lines Echo for Modern Youth ; Epic Poem Is Basis for Knife Crime Critique
The Journal › October 08, 2008
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AFILM made by teenagers, which turns the ancient poem Beowulf into a modern message on knife crime, was premiered on Tyneside last night.
The six-strong group of teenagers, all from Hebburn in South Tyneside, were inspired by the epic story of warriors and their deeds but saw the parallels with current concerns over knife- carrying.See the full content of this document
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Ancient Lines Echo for Modern Youth ; Epic Poem Is Basis for Knife Crime Critique
Beowulf was written in Old English some time between the Eighth and 11th Centuries and survives in the form of only on...
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