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Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien

Article: Anglais. Référence bibliographique
Auteur(s)
Fox, Michael
Titre
Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien / Michael Fox
En
Thèmes
Foley, John Miles
Description physique
XIV, 250 or.
Typologie
Article
ISBN / ISSN
978-3-030-48134-6
Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien proposes that Beowulf was composed according to a formula. Michael Fox imagines the process that generated the poem and provides a model for reading it, extending this model to investigate formula in a half-line, a fitt, a digression, and a story-pattern or folktale, including the Old-Norse Icelandic Örvar-Odds saga. Fox also explores how J. R. R. Tolkien used the same formula to write Sellic Spell and The Hobbit. This investigation uncovers relationships between oral and literate composition, between mechanistic composition and author, and between listening and reading audiences, arguing for a contemporary relevance for Beowulf in thinking about the creative process.
1 Beowulf and Formula ...1
1.1 The Formula and Formulaic System ...2
1.2 Action-Pattern, Theme, Type-Scene, Motif ...17
1.3 Structural Repetition ...22
1.4 Story-Pattern/Tale-Type ...26
1.5 Conclusion ...35
References ...43
2 The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a) ...53
2.1 The Critical Background ...56
2.2 Reading weox under wolcnum (8a) ...58
2.3 Old Saxon: uuânum undar uuolcnun ...70
2.4 Conclusion ...72
References ...74
3 The Fitt Formula: Genesis and Fitt 1 ...77
3.1 Reading Fitt 1 ...79
3.2 Conclusion ...91
References ...97
4 The Digressive Formula: The Sigemund-Heremod Digression ...101
4.1 Background ...105
4.2 Reading the Sigemund-Heremod Digression ...113
4.3 Under harne stan (887b) ...123
4.4 The Charter Evidence ...134
4.5 Conclusion ...139
References ...150
5 The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga ...157
5.1 Development and Survival of Örvar-Odds saga ...158
5.2 The Structure of Örvar-Odds saga ...162
5.3 Genealogy ...164
5.4 Örvar-Odds saga and Beowulf ...168
5.5 The Five Fights ...173
5.6 Conclusion ...179
References ...189
6 The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit ...195
6.1 Sellic Spell ...198
6.2 The Hobbit: Introduction ...204
6.3 The Hobbit: Formula and Structure ...206
6.4 The Hobbit: Theme ...212
6.5 The Hobbit: Digressions and Episodes ...216
6.6 The Hobbit: Story-Pattern ...219
6.7 Conclusion ...223
References... 227
Conclusion ...233
Index ...239