Religious conflicts in 'Beowulf' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' – Mgr. Kateřina Štruncová
Mgr. Kateřina Štruncová
Bachelor's thesis
Religious conflicts in 'Beowulf' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'
Religious conflicts in 'Beowulf' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'
Abstract:
Tato práce analyzuje náboženské konflikty v básních Beowulf a Troilus a Kriseida od Geoffreyho Chaucera. Obě tyto básně se odehrávají v pohanském prostředí, ale byly napsány autory, kteří pocházeli nebo byli silně ovlivněni křesťanskou společností. Přestože nemají společného autora a odehrávají se v rozdílných časových obdobích, mají obdobné pozadí vzniku a obsahují podobné náboženské konflikty. Beowulf …moreAbstract:
This thesis analyzes religious conflicts in two poems, Beowulf and Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, which are both set in pagan environment, but written by poets, who were influenced by a Christian society. Although both composed at different time by different authors and taking place in a different period of time, they have similar background and contain comparable religious conflicts and narrative …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 6. 2011
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/p30xr/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 7. 9. 2011
- Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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