Mit skarbu według J.R.R. Tolkiena w świetle jego przekładu Beowulfa
The myth of treasure in the works j.R.R. Tolkien in the light of his translation of Beowulf

Summary/Abstract: The article compares the presentation of material wealth in the Old English epicBeowulf and in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, particularly The Hobbit and The Lordof the Rings, with reference to the recently published prose translation of Beowulf madeby J.R.R. Tolkien in 1926 and supplied by him with ample notes and commentary. Theanalysis makes use of the anthropological and sociological concepts of Georges Dumézil(trifunctional theory), Marcel Mauss (the concept of the gift), and René Girard (mimeticrivalry) to elucidate the significance of treasure in the analyzed texts.

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