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Combination of religious and secular elements in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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In this essay I will point out, on the one hand, the elements of the pagan warrior society and the Christian elements in Beowulf and, on the other hand, the contradiction of the heroic code with religious elements in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In Beowulf there is an important value of human relationship in the pagan society,
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Vol. 1, 6th ed., New York, London : Norton, 1993. Beowulf Otis, B. William / Needleman H., Morriss. An Outline-History of English Literature. Volume 1: To Dryden, New York: Barnes & Noble, inc., 1952. Robinson, C. Fred / Webster, Leslie. Beowulf : an edition with relevant shorter texts. Oxford, Malden (Mass.): Blackwell, 1998. Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Revised edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight Smith, E. Guy. English Literature to Romanticism. Volume 1, Littlefield: Adams & Co., inc., 1971.
Vol. 1, 6th ed., New York, London : Norton, 1993. Beowulf Otis, B. William / Needleman H., Morriss. An Outline-History of English Literature. Volume 1: To Dryden, New York: Barnes & Noble, inc., 1952. Robinson, C. Fred / Webster, Leslie. Beowulf : an edition with relevant shorter texts. Oxford, Malden (Mass.): Blackwell, 1998. Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Revised edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight Smith, E. Guy. English Literature to Romanticism. Volume 1, Littlefield: Adams & Co., inc., 1971.