Reid Ginoza at 21:22, 9 April 2006

2006-04-09T21:22:45Z

Jennifer Wada at 10:42, 8 March 2006

2006-03-08T10:42:47Z

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geometry, anatomy, music, trigonometry,
Greek, English, Hawaiian
language, and composition, all through
the medium of Hawaiian language.
Lahainaluna was the cornerstone of
the government department of education
that developed in 1840 to coordinate
schools of the kingdom. Lahainaluna
supplied texts and periodicals through
its press and trained native
Hawaiian-speaking teachers. The
school was also the primary source of
many of the Hawaiian ministers,
lawyers, politicians, and judges of
the monarchy and later the Territory
of Hawaii. Individuals educated in
the better Hawaiian medium schools
received broad exposure to Western
knowledge, but within a generally
Hawaiian context since almost all the
teachers in the system were Hawaiians
themselves. Hawaiian cultural topics
appear to have been actively used as
topics for compositions, and many
Lahainaluna graduates became
well-known writers on Hawaiian topics
for the Hawaiian publications.
The great enthusiasm of the
nineteenth and twentieth century
Hawaiians for written literature in
their own language has left today's
Hawaiian people with a tremendous
gift, although one that they cannot
fully appreciate without an ability to
read their ancestral language. In the
some five hjundred years between the
Christianization of the English and
their conguest by the Norman French,
the Anglo-Saxons preserved very little
literature relating to their
pre-contact past. The most famous of
these, the epic poem Beowulf, is
somewhat comparable to Hawai'i's
Kumulipo preserved by Hawaiian
writers, although one can find some
Christian influence in Beowulf.
While much cf Old English poetry
concerns Christian topics, Hawaiian
writers generally chose traditional
topics, shown not only in their great
interest in recording old chants but
also in their own compositions.
Historians of English are proud of th«
development of an early English prose
tradition that consisted primarily of
translations from well-known texts in
Latin. Baugh states:
In the development of literature,
prose generally comes
late. Verse is more effective
for oral delivery and more
easily retained in the memory.
It is therefore a rather
remarkable fact, and one well
worthy of note, that English
possessed a considerable body of
prose literature in the ninth
century (Note: This is three
hundred years after initial
introduction of writing), at a
time when most other modern
languages in Europe had scarcely
developed a literature in verse.
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It is surprising for students of
the Hawaiian language to discover that
English had no tradition of prose
until the introduction of
Christianity. Early Hawaiian writers
recorded many long Hawaiian prose
stories, some of the more famous are
sagas of Pele and Hi'iaka, Kawelo,
Kamapua'a, and La'ieikawai. Not
satisfied with a single version, early
Hawaiian writers sometimes wrote down
regional or period variants of
Hawaiian sagas. Like the newly
literate Anglo-Saxons, the Hawaiians
translated works from other languages
into their own tongue, but there are
also a number of original compositions,
including several histories
of the people and descriptions of
foreign travel. Through their
writings, these people preserved and
created a body of written Hawaiian
literature within approximately a or.e
hundred-year span that is comparable
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 language, and composition, all through
 the medium of Hawaiian language.
 Lahainaluna was the cornerstone of
 the government department of education
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 well-known writers on Hawaiian topics
 for the Hawaiian publications.
 The great enthusiasm of the
 nineteenth and twentieth century
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 fully appreciate without an ability to
 read their ancestral language. In the
-some five hjundred years between the
+some five hundred years between the
 Christianization of the English and
-their conguest by the Norman French,
+their conquest by the Norman French,
 the Anglo-Saxons preserved very little
 literature relating to their
 pre-contact past. The most famous of
-these, the epic poem Beowulf, is
+these, the epic poem <u>Beowulf</u>, is
 somewhat comparable to Hawai'i's
-Kumulipo preserved by Hawaiian
+<u>Kumulipo</u> preserved by Hawaiian
 writers, although one can find some
-Christian influence in Beowulf.
+Christian influence in <u>Beowulf</u>.
 While much cf Old English poetry
 concerns Christian topics, Hawaiian
@@ Line 51: / Line 53: @@
 interest in recording old chants but
 also in their own compositions.
-Historians of English are proud of th«
+Historians of English are proud of the
 development of an early English prose
 tradition that consisted primarily of
 translations from well-known texts in
 Latin. Baugh states:
 In the development of literature,
-prose generally comes
+: In the development of literature, prose generally comes late. Verse is more effective for oral delivery and more easily retained in the memory. It is therefore a rather remarkable fact, and one well worthy of note, that English possessed a considerable body of prose literature in the ninth century (Note: This is three hundred years after initial introduction of writing), at a time when most other modern languages in Europe had scarcely developed a literature in verse. <u>19</u>/
 late. Verse is more effective
 It is surprising for students of
 the Hawaiian language to discover that
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 writings, these people preserved and
 created a body of written Hawaiian
-literature within approximately a or.e
+literature within approximately a one
 hundred-year span that is comparable
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Reid Ginoza at 21:22, 9 April 2006

Jennifer Wada at 10:42, 8 March 2006