Textual Conventions and the Encoded Reader in J. R. R. Tolkien's Translation of Beowulf

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Tekstualne konvencije i ukodirani čitatelj u Tolkienovu prijevodu Beowulfa
• Author: Ivana Lipej
• Mentor: Iva Polak (mentor)
• Committee member: Vanja Polić Jurković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tihana Klepač (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-29, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This thesis analyses J. R. R. Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature.
The theoretical framework of the paper consists of Barthes’ text on narrative codes and Brooke-Rose’s text on the encoded reader. A survey of certain aspects of Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf is given, in addition to its comparison to Seamus Heaney’s rendition. The last part of the discussion is dedicated to the analysis of Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf using the theoretical framework introduced in the second chapter. This is completed with the evaluation of the encoded reader in Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf, followed by conclusion on the strength of the proposed argument regarding Tolkien’s reproduction and adaptation of the original listener.

Abstract (croatian)

U ovom radu promatra se Tolkienov prijevod Beowulfa, anglosaksonskog epa koji predstavlja najvažnije postignuće staroengleske književnosti.
Teorijski okvir rada čine Barthesov tekst o narativnim kodovima, kao i tekst Brooke-Rose o ukodiranom čitatelju. Nakon toga prikazan je pregled određenih značajki Tolkienova prijevoda Beowulfa te njegova usporedba s prijevodom Seamusa Heaneya. Posljednji dio rasprave posvećen je promatranju Tolkienova prijevoda Beowulfa uz korištenje teorijskog okvira predstavljenog u drugom poglavlju. To je popraćeno procjenom ukodiranog čitatelja Tolkienova prijevoda Beowulfa, nakon kojeg slijedi zaključak o tome je li Tolkien u svom prijevodu uspješno reproducirao i adaptirao iskustvo izvornog slušatelja Beowulfa.

• Keywords: Beowulf; J. R. R. Tolkien; five codes; Roland Barthes; Brooke-Rose; encoded reader; implied reader; scop; Seamus Heaney
• Keywords (croatian): Beowulf; J. R. R. Tolkien; pet kodova; Roland Barthes; Christine Brooke-Rose; ukodirani čitatelj; implicitni čitatelj; scop; Seamus Heaney
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:299265
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Literature and Culture; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-10-06 00:00:31