Gawain

The keyword Gawain is tagged in the following 2 articles.

Interpreting Gawain: The Hermeneutics of Translation

April 13, 2011 - 1860 words | Literary Criticism » Hermeneutics

In the Broadview Press edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, editor and translator James Winny makes a concerted effort to render the original Middle English text in denotatively correct, non-alliterative modern English. In doing so, he fails to illuminate one... Read Article »

Keywords:

Gawain Hermeneutics Translation

Mysticism and Christianity in Early English Literature: Comparing "Beowulf" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

July 12, 2010 - 1827 words | English » Early English Literature

The introduction of Christianity to England in 597 established a structured, uniform faith among a people accustomed to different branches and pockets of polytheistic paganism. Over the next seventy-five years, the burgeoning country quickly grew unified under the... Read Article »

Keywords:

Beowulf Sir Gawain And the Green Knight Christianity Mysticism Magic Paganism English Literature Early English Literature