Robin Hood - Heritage and forms through the ages (ePub)
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Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Dresden Technical University (Anglistik), course: Medievalism in Popular Culture , language: English, abstract: "Many men...
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Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Dresden Technical University (Anglistik), course: Medievalism in Popular Culture , language: English, abstract: "Many men speak of Robin Hood who never drew his bow: so runs the old proverb, suggesting
both the popularity and the mystery of the Robin Hood tradition. A modern equivalent might be:
Many people know about Robin Hood but have never read the texts." (Knight 1997, xiii)
This quotation is a very good evaluation of the status of knowledge considering
the Robin Hood related texts. Most people only know Robin Hood from various film
adaptations. They are not aware of the fact that the Robin Hood legend has now
endured in written form for over 600 years.
When speaking of Robin Hood we think of attributes like "outlaws", "rob the rich
to feed the poor", "Maid Marian", "arrow and bow" or "noble man" as the common
features of the Robin Hood myth. In fact, only few of these stereotypes are a part of
the early written tradition as it will be illustrated in the following.
[...]
both the popularity and the mystery of the Robin Hood tradition. A modern equivalent might be:
Many people know about Robin Hood but have never read the texts." (Knight 1997, xiii)
This quotation is a very good evaluation of the status of knowledge considering
the Robin Hood related texts. Most people only know Robin Hood from various film
adaptations. They are not aware of the fact that the Robin Hood legend has now
endured in written form for over 600 years.
When speaking of Robin Hood we think of attributes like "outlaws", "rob the rich
to feed the poor", "Maid Marian", "arrow and bow" or "noble man" as the common
features of the Robin Hood myth. In fact, only few of these stereotypes are a part of
the early written tradition as it will be illustrated in the following.
[...]
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Julia Paternoster
- 2008, 1. Auflage, 14 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: GRIN Verlag
- ISBN-10: 3640200292
- ISBN-13: 9783640200290
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2008
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