First chapter conclusion
The first chapter proposes one more possible way of understanding Anglo
Saxon poem Beowulf. It argues that the poem be perceived as a pedagogical
document, a course book and a didactic material through which its author, the
Beowulf poet, educated his audience. Two claims are put forward, the already
mentioned understanding of Beowulf as a course book, a work in which the poet
aimed mainly to teach the ways of a good Christian as well as those of a member of
a long-past pagan warrior-king culture. This diploma thesis argues that the Beowulf
poet would do so by employing elements of fairy tale stories to make it easier for his
audience to learn from his work. The ultimate goal of his being the fusion of old
heathen pagan past with its heroic deeds, noble kings and ancestral tools of Weland
with the new doctrine of Judeo-Christian religion.
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