"Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry" is the first book-length study to compare responses to runic heritage in the literature of Anglo-Saxon England and medieval Iceland. The Anglo-Saxon runic script had already become the preserve of antiquarians at the time the majority of Old English poetry was written down, and the Icelanders recording the mythology associated with the script were at some remove from the centres of runic practice in medieval Scandinavia. Both literary cultures thus inherited knowledge of the runic system and the traditions associated with it, but viewed this literate past from the vantage point of a developed manuscript culture. There has, as yet, been no comprehensive study of poetic responses to this scriptural heritage, which include episodes in such canonical texts as "Beowulf," the Old English riddles and the poems of the Poetic Edda. By analysing the inflection of the script through shared literary traditions, this study enhances our understanding of the burgeoning of literary self-awareness in early medieval vernacular poetry and the construction of cultural memory, and furthers our understanding of the relationship between Anglo-Saxon and Norse textual cultures. The introduction sets out in detail the rationale for examining runes in poetry as a literary motif and surveys the relevant critical debates. The body of the volume is comprised of five linked case studies of runes in poetry, viewing these representations through the paradigm of scriptural reconstruction and the validation of contemporary literary, historical and religious sensibilities.
摘要:本文主要介绍了Tom Birkett的论文《【卢恩】Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry》。该论文主要探讨了古英语和古诺斯诗中卢恩的运用。通过对卢恩的解读和分析,揭示了卢恩在古代诗歌中的重要作用和意义。本文将从四个方面对该论文进行详细阐述。
1、卢恩在古英语和古诺斯诗中的运用
Tom Birkett的论文主要研究了古英语和古诺斯诗中卢恩的运用。他通过对大量古代诗歌的分析,发现卢恩在这些诗歌中起到了重要的作用。卢恩是一种古代符号系统,通过刻写在物体上,用于表达文字和传递信息。在古英语和古诺斯诗中,卢恩被广泛使用,不仅可以表示文字,还可以传达特定的意义和象征。
《【卢恩】Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry》通过对古代诗歌中卢恩的运用进行解读和分析,展示了卢恩在古代诗歌中的重要作用和意义。通过卢恩的使用,诗人们可以表达出丰富多彩的意象和情感,传达特定的文化和宗教信息,以及表达更深刻的情感和思想。该论文对于研究古代诗歌和文化有着重要的参考价值。