Genre: Epiko May-akda: Homer

Beowulf is a heroic poem, the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 500s AD and is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750. It is about a hero called Beowulf. The poem opens to tell something of Beowulf, a prince of the Geats of southern Sweden. In the second part the hero goes to Denmark, where a king's mead hall often is ravaged at night by a monster among Danes. The young Beowulf comes to the rescue. He grapples with the monster and its mother too, and kills both. That makes the Danes glad. In the third part a fire-breathing dragon ravages Beowulf's land. Beowulf kills the dragon but is mortally wounded. There is no evidence of a historical Beowulf, but some characters, sites, and events in the poem can be historically verified. The following is the Strafford Riggs translation of 1933. Its language has been slightly modified for this on-line edition.

Beowulf is the longest epic poem in Old English, the language spoken in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest. More than 3,000 lines long, Beowulf relates the exploits of its eponymous hero, and his successive battles with a monster named Grendel, with Grendel's revengeful mother, and with a dragon which was guarding a hoard of treasure.

Noli me tangereNovel by José RizalNoli me tangere is a novel written by José Rizal, considered as one of the national heroes of the Philippines, during the colonization of the country by Spain to expose the inequities of the Spanish Catholic priests and the ruling government.  Published: 1887 Author: José Rizal Characters: María Clara, Padre Dámaso, Crisostomo Ibarra, Capitán Tiago, ElíasGenres: Satire, NovelAdaptations: Elias, Basilio at Sisa (1972), Touch Me Not (1961)

It Contains: My First Inspiration To the Filipino Youth/Sa Kabataang Pilipino Our Mother Tongue/Sa Aking Kabata Education Gives Lustre to the Motherland Visions of Friar Rodriguez Indolence of the Filipino Letter to the Young Women of Malolos Philippines: A Century Hence I hope this helps... Mabuhay ang Rizcour!!! If you want more of Rizal's works go to philhist.pbworks.com www.joserizal.ph