AMAZEMENT and FEAR in Guthlac A and Guthlac B: Emotional Communities, Polysemy and Models of Sainthood

• Minaya Gómez, Francisco Javier ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

     Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

     Ciudad Real, España

     
• Localización: Philologica canariensia, ISSN 1136-3169, Nº 29, 2023, págs. 237-257
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.20420/Phil.Can.2023.598
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Étonnement et peur dans Guthlac A et Guthlac B: Communautés émotionnelles, polysémie et modèles de sainteté
  • Asombro y miedo en Guthlac A y Guthlac B: omunidades emocionales, polisemia y modelos de santidad
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• Resumen
  • español

    En este artículo se explora el rol del miedo y el temor reverencial en Guthlac A y el del asombro en Guthlac B. A partir de una serie de teorías de la emoción recientes, publicaciones sobre la adaptación de fuentes latinas en inglés antiguo y estudios sobre las comunidades emocionales en la Edad Media, el propósito de este artículo es examinar cómo estos dos autores interpretan la experiencia de emociones en sus poemas y cómo construyen una dimensión emocional en sus textos que va vinculada a ideas doctrinales. Esta investigación resalta cómo cada uno de estos autores demuestra una preferencia por unas emociones sobre otras y cómo también emplean el lenguaje figurativo para transmitir una serie de mensajes doctrinales que se centran en la apreciación de la virtud del santo, en el conocimiento religioso y secular y en un miedo de contaminación moral provocado por lo demoniaco.

  • English

    This article explores the role of fear and awe in Guthlac A and that of wonder in Guthlac B. Based on recent emotion theories, scholarship on the adaptation of Latin sources into Old English verse, and studies on emotional communities in the Middle Ages, the purpose of this paper is to examine how these two Old English authors interpret emotional experience in these poems and how they construct an effective emotional dimension in their texts that is linked to doctrinal ideas. This research reveals how each of these authors prefers some emotional responses over others and how they also employ figurative language to transmit a series of doctrinal messages that are constructed around an appreciation of saintly virtue and secular and religious knowledge, and a fear of moral contamination that is triggered by the demonic.

  • français

    Cet article explore le rôle de la peur et de l’effroi dans Guthlac A et le rôle de la crainte dans Guthlac B. Sur la base de théories récentes sur les émotions, d'études sur l'adaptation de sources latines en vers en vieil anglais et d'études sur les communautés émotionnelles au Moyen Âge, le but de cet article est d'examiner comment ces deux auteurs en vieil anglais interprètent l'expérience émotionnelle dans ces poèmes et comment ils construisent une dimension émotionnelle effective dans leurs textes qui est liée aux idées doctrinales. Cette recherche souligne comment chacun de ces auteurs préfère une réponse émotionnelle à d'autres et comment ils utilisent également un langage figuré pour transmettre une série de messages doctrinaux qui sont construits autour d'une appréciation de la vertu sainte et des connaissances laïques et religieuses, et une peur de la contamination morale qui est déclenché par le démoniaque.

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