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Autor/in | McKenzie, Hope Bussey |
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Titel | A View from the Sea-cliff. |
Quelle | (1978), (16 Seiten) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lernender; Diachronic Linguistics; Figurative Language; Folk Culture; Imagery; Language Styles; Language Usage; Literary Devices; Literary History; Old English; Old English Literature; Poetry |
Abstract | Intended for college teachers and students of Anglo-Saxon literature, this paper provides an overview of the sophisticated poetic devices used by the "Beowulf" poet. The paper examines how old English words for color range in hues in a way that modern English words do not, and how these words for color are used in "Beowulf." The paper also explores the Anglo-Saxon "kennings"--formulaic expressions of ideas by means of conventional terms, such as "sea horse" for ship--found in the poem. A third device that the paper explores is the interlocking of grammatical structures, or interlace, characteristic of the oral tradition from which "Beowulf" originated. (HTH) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |