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The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Dragon as a Figure and Symbol in English Literature./
Author:	Buys, Kathryn Denise.
Description:	1 online resource (63 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-12.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International83-12.
Subject:	English literature. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
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. - 1 online resource (63 pages)

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

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

Includes bibliographical references

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.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798438785590Subjects--Topical Terms:

555406
English literature.
Subjects--Index Terms:

BeowulfIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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