De Monstro: An Anatomy of Grendel

dc.contributor.advisor	Earl, James	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hensel, Marcus	en_US
dc.creator	Hensel, Marcus	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-07T23:14:41Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-07T23:14:41Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.description.abstract	Demon, allegory, exile, Scandinavian zombie—Grendel, the first of the monsters in the Old English Beowulf, has been called all of these. But lost in the arguments about what he means is the very basic question of what he is. This project aims to understand Grendel qua monster and investigate how we associate him with the monstrous. I identify for study a number of traits that distinguish him from the humans of the poem--all of which cluster around either morphological abnormality (claws, gigantism, shining eyes) or deviant behavior (anthropophagy, lack of food preparation, etiquette). These traits are specifically selected and work together to form a constellation of transgressions, an embodiment of the monstrous on which other arguments about his symbolic value rest.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1794/12552
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Oregon	en_US
dc.rights	All Rights Reserved.	en_US
dc.subject	Beowulf	en_US
dc.subject	Food studies	en_US
dc.subject	Grendel	en_US
dc.subject	Monsters	en_US
dc.subject	Morphology	en_US
dc.subject	Philology	en_US
dc.title	De Monstro: An Anatomy of Grendel	en_US
dc.type	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation	en_US

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