Last week we discussed (amongst other things):
Mon:
- the question of the Christian interpolator (poet) of the manuscript narrative.
- the notion of supersession. From Grendelkin to Danes, from Danes to Geats, from Geats to Swedes, from the pagan heroic world to that of the Christian Anglo-Saxons.
- the question of the noble heathen.
Wed:
- Shield Shefing, the fatherless ancestor of the Danes, and the model of a good king.
- Grendel vs. Beowulf.
- monsters and identity construction.
- the hall vs the darkness
Friday:
- more on intimate others, on entwining, on difference and similarity.
- Grendel's mere, the other watery hall, the uncanny.
- on eating children, and how there's nothing absolutely wrong with that.
- on female monsters, and the identity work they do.
If you are interested, here is the Beowulf manuscript page.
This coming week, we'll move on to think about some more aspects of the poem, including:
- the rest of the Grendel's mother fight.
- the Dragon
- the role of women in Beowulf
- on revenge and feud as a theme
- on objects and history
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