The largest Old English heroic poem Beowulf has continued to attract a significant amount of attention, as becomes obvious from the large number of recent film adaptations and translations. But what does the actual text look like, which is extant in merely one manuscript and set much earlier than the eleventh-century source seems to suggest? In this Hauptseminar we will discuss various aspects of Beowulf, such as language, style and themes, in order to get an impression of the fascination and significance of this work.
Textbook:
G. Jack, ed.,
Beowulf: a Student Edition (Oxford, 1994).
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