Deconstructing the Hero in Early Medieval Heroic Poetry

  1. Victor Millet
Libro:
Narration and hero: recounting the deeds of heroes in literature and art of the early medieval period
  1. Victor Millet (ed. lit.)
  2. Heike Sahm (ed. lit.)

Editorial: Walter de Gruyter GmbH

ISBN: 9783110336139

Ano de publicación: 2014

Páxinas: 229-239

Tipo: Capítulo de libro

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Resumo

This paper deals with a phenomenon common to early medieval heroic poetry consisting in what is called the ‘deconstruction’ of the hero. The term refers to a technique of destroying, shifting or disassembling the image of the hero in written poetry. It may best be seen in the Latin Waltharius, but it is possible to find traces of this technique also in Anglo Saxon Beowulf and the Old High German Hildebrandslied.

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