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Old English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere
2018. urn:nbn:hr:186:511034
Megec, Karlo
University of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Megec, K. (2018). Old English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere (Master's thesis). Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:511034

Megec, Karlo. "Old English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere." Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:511034

Megec, Karlo. "Old English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere." Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:511034

Megec, K. (2018). 'Old English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere', Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 26 April 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:511034

Megec K. Old English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere [Master's thesis]. Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018 [cited 2024 April 26] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:511034

K. Megec, "Old English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere", Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:511034

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TitleOld English Verse in Modern Translation: Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, J. R. R. Tolkien and F. B. Gummere
AuthorKarlo Megec
MentorSintija Čuljat (mentor)
Committee memberAnita Memišević (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberSintija Čuljat (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberNikola Tutek (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Rijeka
Defense date and country2018-09-21, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Abstract
Beowulf is lauded as the greatest piece of Old English poetry, and not without reason. However, the English language has changed so much over the course of the last millennium that the original version is all but illegible to the speaker of Modern English. The answer to this problem is translation, but it can be argued that even now, in the 21st century, we still do not have a widely accepted “best” translation of Beowulf into Modern English. The goal of this paper is to examine three translations of Beowulf; Gummere’s, Tolkien’s and Heaney’s on the basis of their choice of vocabulary, the morphology of the kennings used, the translation of proper nouns, repetition, formulaic language, alliteration, the voice and the tone of the poem as realised by the aforementioned factors and other facets of the translations. These will be compared to each other and to the original poem to determine how consistently the translations portray the heroic culture of the early Germanic peoples but also, more importantly, how well they reflect the intricacies of the construction of the Old English lliterative verse. Through the analysis of these features of Beowulf and its translations, problems in translating Old English poetry will surface, and these will be discussed in an attempt to conclude how best to approach the translation of Beowulf into Modern English.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:186:511034
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching Track
Course: Teaching Track
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Italian Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra talijanskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra talijanskog jezika i književnosti)
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