Like every culture in English literature, epic poem is more improved in
the oral literature period . Beowulf is a example of the epic poem and it was
comprised in the Anglo-Saxon Period at the same time it removes the reflect of Anglo-Saxon Literature. Beowulf is
a kind of epopee like our Oğuzkaan epopee . Epopees are the example of the oral
literature . Therefore , like every epopee, Beowulf has some overstatements,
too.
Beowulf is a epic poem about the hero Beowulf. He kills Grendel that is
a monster of Denmark
. However Grendel's mother wants to kill Beowulf and she makes a magic to him . After that, when Beowulf goes
to his country, he becomes a hero at the same time he becomes a king. However fifty years
later Beowulf has a enemy 'Dragon' which is his son .Beowulf battle with Dragon
and kills him (his son). But Beowulf dies ,too.
Finally, Beowulf is a basic example of the English literature. It has type of
this term.