CHRISTIAN AND FOLKLORIC TRADITION IN THE BEOWULF: DEATH AND THE DRAGON EPISODE
It is reiterated in Part I that biblical precedent and the omnipotence of God are fundamental aspects of Beowulf, dominating the medieval Christian agenda.In the first of two complementry stories, the hero of this cotemporary English moral folk fable is introduced as God's right-thinking champi...
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Oxford University Press
1997
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Literature and theology
Year: 1997, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 325-346 |
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| Summary: | It is reiterated in Part I that biblical precedent and the omnipotence of God are fundamental aspects of Beowulf, dominating the medieval Christian agenda.In the first of two complementry stories, the hero of this cotemporary English moral folk fable is introduced as God's right-thinking champion, triumphantly destroying monstrous, heathen enemies. Conventional themes,in the form of structured folkloric functions sequences and ‘moves’, are then related to familiar references to and the unsolicited interaction of God, revealing that the death of the old hero-king is appropriately and satisfyingly devised to fulfil mythic-heroic, folkloric and Christian eschatological expectations. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/11.4.325 |