Anxiety in the Old Germanic Life
A Review of Anglo- Saxon Heroic Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20489272 |
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| Authors | Fatima Zahra Bessedik (0000-0002-2916-5453, Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-23 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Traduction et Langues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1112-3974 • E-ISSN: 2600-6235 |
| Publisher | University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed (PUBLISHER • DZ) |
| DOI | 10.52919/translang.v17i1.555 |
| OpenAlex | W3122618860 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This essay tends to discuss anxiety as a feature of Anglo-Saxon culture. It considers three Old English poems: The Battle of Maldon, The Battle of Brunanburh, and Juliana. Using textual analyses and psychoanalytic theory, the study argues that Anglo-Saxon culture is inherently savage. The analyses demonstrate how Anglo-Saxon ethics idealize tragic heroism and glorify battle. Finally, the study delves on the image of the monster as a metaphor of the Old Germanic unconscious. By reading the image of the demon in Cynewulf’s Juliana, the study considers the appearance of the devil as a reflection of the Anglo- Saxon obsession with fear. I argue that the poem, by representing the Devil, ultimately denounces the Anglo- Saxon warrior ethics
Ancient history · Anglo saxon · Art · Battle · Demon · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Monster · Poetry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Unconscious mind · Classics · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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