Readings for midterm exam.

Here are the supplementary texts that I've handed out in class. The identification portion of the exam will be over these materials:

• Excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (description of Green Knight)
• Excerpt from Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio
• Excerpts from King Hrolf's Saga (Bodvarr Bjarki stories)
• Excerpt from Beowulf (cup stealing and awakening of the dragon)
• Excerpt from the Song of Roland (Ganelon's treachery and Roland's horn)
• Excerpts from Beowulf (building of Heorot and exchange with the door-guard)
• The Wanderer (stapled with the above).
• The Second Dialogue of Solomon and Saturn
• Sir Orfeo (description of fairyland)
  
• Maxims II
• The Battle of Maldon
• Ozymandias (handed out on Tues., Oct. 16)

Focus on these texts. What features about them make them easy to identify (versification, theme, dialogue, character names, etc)?

Post any questions about the midterm here in the comments.