L'ambiguïté du statut des monstres dans Beowulf
Indefinite Role of Monster in Beowulf
Author(s): Fabien DubouchetSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Comparative Study of Literature, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Beowulf; identity; alterity; monster; barbarian; epic; violence; Anglo-Saxon.
Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the meaning of all three monsters featured in the mediaeval Anglo-Saxon epic poem of Beowulf in the process of initiation, in which a human being confronts an obscure strange force that calls for gradual clarification.
Journal: Филолог – часопис за језик, књижевност и културу
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 174-185
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French