27 déc. 749 - Beowulf composed

Description:

p. 36-108.
Background: Beowulf was probably told orally before being written down later. It's possible that there are multiple authors.
Plot: There are three sections. First, a young Beowulf comes to the mead hall (??) and kills Grendel. In the second part he kills Grendel's mother. He grows older and fights a dragon. The dragon defeats him, and someone else takes over as the ring giver.
Themes, motifs: warrior culture, Nordic culture, Christianizing warrior culture, turning into a monster, what it means to be a leader.
Genres: elegy, epic poem

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