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The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in...

Buys, Kathryn Denise.

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The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature./
作者:	Buys, Kathryn Denise.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2022,
面頁冊數:	63 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-12.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International83-12.
標題:	English literature. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29208730
ISBN:	9798438785590

The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature.
Buys, Kathryn Denise.

The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2022 - 63 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-12.

Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Bakersfield, 2022.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This thesis explores the use and portrayal of dragons in English literature and how their inspirations and influences. The first chapter is an introduction defining the dragon and reviewing the literature that will be covered. The second chapter discusses the inspirations for the dragon in Beowulf and the roles he plays in the epic poem. The third chapter explores the dragon and serpent references and symbolism in the works of William Shakespeare and their importance to Shakespeare's works and to societal views of dragons, serpents, and other reptilian creatures. The fourth chapter covers Smaug from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth novel The Hobbit and Eustace Scrubb's transformation into a dragon in C. S. Lewis's third Chronicles of Narnia novel The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, as well as their mythological inspirations and influence in modern fantasy and modern English literature. And finally, the fifth chapter will discuss the role and the influence of the dragon in John Gardner's novel Grendel, a retelling of Beowulf.

ISBN: 9798438785590Subjects--Topical Terms:

516356
English literature.
Subjects--Index Terms:

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