The situation of conflicting loyalties and the Old English Genesis’ version of the story of the Fall
The paper addresses the idiosyncratic version of the story of the Fall presented in the Old English poem Genesis from the perspective of religious and political moral of Early Medieval Society. The methodology of the research bases on the analysis of the social functions of texts. To understand the...
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| description | The paper addresses the idiosyncratic version of the story of the Fall presented in the Old English poem Genesis from the perspective of religious and political moral of Early Medieval Society. The methodology of the research bases on the analysis of the social functions of texts. To understand the didactic message of the poem the poet’s conception of “fall” should be looked attentively. “The Fall” of angels and men is presented in the text as the failure of choice, due to overconfidence or the appellation to the wrong authority. As could be seen from historical sources the problem of choice in the situation of conflicting loyalties was essential for Anglo-Saxon society. Person’s behavior in this situation was judged according to the results of his or her actions, not according to his or her initial reasons. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9c0aa33654e4cc09bf435701d82a7362025-08-20T02:17:00ZrusSilicea-Poligraf LLCРоссийский журнал истории Церкви2686-973X2687-069X2020-07-0112354410.15829/2686-973X-2020-2-2620The situation of conflicting loyalties and the Old English Genesis’ version of the story of the FallZoya Yu. Metlitskaya0Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe paper addresses the idiosyncratic version of the story of the Fall presented in the Old English poem Genesis from the perspective of religious and political moral of Early Medieval Society. The methodology of the research bases on the analysis of the social functions of texts. To understand the didactic message of the poem the poet’s conception of “fall” should be looked attentively. “The Fall” of angels and men is presented in the text as the failure of choice, due to overconfidence or the appellation to the wrong authority. As could be seen from historical sources the problem of choice in the situation of conflicting loyalties was essential for Anglo-Saxon society. Person’s behavior in this situation was judged according to the results of his or her actions, not according to his or her initial reasons.https://churchhistory.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/26anglo-saxon englandold english poetryconflicting loyaltiessocial functions of the texts |
| spellingShingle | Zoya Yu. Metlitskaya The situation of conflicting loyalties and the Old English Genesis’ version of the story of the Fall Российский журнал истории Церкви anglo-saxon england old english poetry conflicting loyalties social functions of the texts |
| title | The situation of conflicting loyalties and the Old English Genesis’ version of the story of the Fall |
| title_full | The situation of conflicting loyalties and the Old English Genesis’ version of the story of the Fall |
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| title_short | The situation of conflicting loyalties and the Old English Genesis’ version of the story of the Fall |
| title_sort | situation of conflicting loyalties and the old english genesis version of the story of the fall |
| topic | anglo-saxon england old english poetry conflicting loyalties social functions of the texts |
| url | https://churchhistory.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/26 |
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