Articles
Pubblicato 12/10/2016
Parole chiave
- Old English literature,
- landscape,
- mappae mundi,
- monsters,
- ecocriticism
Come citare
Ramazzina, E. . (2016). Man and Landscape in Old English Literature . Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 24(2), 63–70. Recuperato da https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/214
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between man and landscape in Old Eng¬lish literature starting from the assumption that, during the Middle Ages, landscape was not merely a physical space, but it was rather a complex dimension involving religious and moral aspects. Examples from poetic and prose texts will show how the natural world was usually hos¬tile and inhospitable. Mappae mundi will help determine how the Anglo-Saxons considered themselves in relation to the environment.