Beovulf i Tehnologija
Beowulf And Technology – From Oral Tradition To Computer Animated Silver Screen Production

Summary/Abstract: The paper is focused on the different versions of the story of Beowulf, one of the most prominent Anglo- Saxon heroes – from the scops’oral tradition beginning in the middle of 7th century, to the written transcription of the text by the Christian monks during 10th century, who furnished this story with the Christian elements, and, finally, to various modern versions of Beowulf, for instance those by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney and Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. Apart from various technological approaches, the paper also deals with numerous thematical approaches to this epic: from the hero who fights with monsters, the representatives of the demonized nature in the Anglo-Saxon scops’ tradition, to the Christian version of monster/nature, which is not only a demon, but also the embodiment of moral degradation (having in mind that the monsters in the Christian version represent the offspring of Cain), and, finally to the modern understanding of the monster motif in the poetry of Heaney and Morgan where Grendel is represented as a victim of the patriarchal heroic code.

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