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

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https://doi.org/10.20420/Phil.Can.2023.598

Palabras clave:

inglés antiguo, asombro, miedo, emociones, Guthlac

Resumen

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.

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Biografía del autor/a

Francisco Javier Minaya Gómez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Francisco Javier Minaya Gómez es Profesor Ayudante Doctor en la Facultad de Letras de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, donde imparte clases de Literatura Inglesa Medieval y Traducción. Su campo de experiencia es la conceptualización y la expresión de las emociones en lengua y literatura en inglés antiguo desde un enfoque cognitivo. Ha publicado sobre la experiencia estética en poesía en inglés antiguo y, recientemente, sus publicaciones se centran sobre la expresión de las emociones en el corpus hagiográfico del inglés antiguo.

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2023-05-31

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Minaya Gómez, F. J. (2023). AMAZEMENT and FEAR in Guthlac A and Guthlac B: Emotional Communities, Polysemy and Models of Sainthood. Philologica Canariensia, 29, 237–257. https://doi.org/10.20420/Phil.Can.2023.598

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