Beowulf, national epic of the Anglo-Saxon people, sings high praise of the ancient hero Beowulf who represents the ideal warrior and king. Sir Gawain, a medieval knight presented in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green K...Beowulf, national epic of the Anglo-Saxon people, sings high praise of the ancient hero Beowulf who represents the ideal warrior and king. Sir Gawain, a medieval knight presented in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is also described as a hero and a model knight. This paper is to find out the main features of the English heroes by comparing the two heroes.展开更多
The chivalric ideal is a moral system which medieval knights aimed to achieve.In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the chivalric ideal is identified as the pentangle and Sir Gawain is the representation of this chivalr...The chivalric ideal is a moral system which medieval knights aimed to achieve.In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the chivalric ideal is identified as the pentangle and Sir Gawain is the representation of this chivalric ideal.However,this poem chal?lenges the chivalric ideal mainly by presenting a process of how Sir Gawain is challenged and transformed in the quest.Additionally, the chivalric ideal is deconstructed because the internal contradiction of it is exposed.展开更多
文摘Beowulf, national epic of the Anglo-Saxon people, sings high praise of the ancient hero Beowulf who represents the ideal warrior and king. Sir Gawain, a medieval knight presented in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is also described as a hero and a model knight. This paper is to find out the main features of the English heroes by comparing the two heroes.
文摘The chivalric ideal is a moral system which medieval knights aimed to achieve.In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the chivalric ideal is identified as the pentangle and Sir Gawain is the representation of this chivalric ideal.However,this poem chal?lenges the chivalric ideal mainly by presenting a process of how Sir Gawain is challenged and transformed in the quest.Additionally, the chivalric ideal is deconstructed because the internal contradiction of it is exposed.
