POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: John Studebaker
13 Oct 2017
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Tolkien, j. r. r. beowulf: the monsters and the critics. In this 1936 lecture, later published as the monsters and the critics, tolkien argues that too many of the critics of beowulf are so concerned with understanding. Beowulf as a historical and anthropological document that they neglect its value as a masterpiece of poetry. Tolkien explores the similarities between this heroic theme and some echoes of christian and old norse theologies, pointing out that defeat is the theme (32), at least on this earth. Must ever call with a profound appeal until the dragon comes (36). Things to avoid: do not start your paper by saying john m. smith, professor at university x i do not need to know where smith is a professor or what his specialization is. Instead, tells me what smith does with his topic: smith reveals that about this topic, which he shows has implications for this other problem.
