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L'ambiguïté du statut des monstres dans Beowulf
Indefinite Role of Monster in Beowulf

Author(s): Fabien Dubouchet
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 174-185
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: French