2239 KB46 KB197820252019Gordić, VladislavaJakovljević, Mladen M.številka:3letnik:42str. 185-202ISSN:0351-1189COBISSID:70739554URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-XBREEC8JenSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnostPrimerjalna književnostangleška književnostkavalirstvoljubezenSir Gawain and the Green KnightSir Gawain in Zeleni vitezsrednjeveška književnostviteško pesništvoviteštvoSir Gawain and the Green Knight| not really a chivalric romance|Medieval English romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is unique not only in its form, content and structure, but also in the poet's skillful use of conventions that play with the reader's expectations by introducing elements that make the poem exquisitely ambivalent and place it in the fuzzy area where reality and fiction overlap. Although the poem seemingly praises the strength and purity of chivalry and knighthood, it actually subtly criticizes and comments on their failure when practiced outside the court and in real life. This is particularly noticeable when the poem's symbolism, its hero, and the society he comes from are read against historical context, i.e. as reflections of the realities of medieval life. Accordingly, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight can be read as a poem that praises chivalry and knighthood more by way of commenting on their dissipation than through overt affirmation, as the future of the kingdom, its rulers and society, with its faulty Christian knights, is far from bright, given the cracks and flaws that mar its seemingly glossy façadeAngleška srednjeveška ljubezenska pesnitev Sir Gawain in Zeleni vitez je edinstvena ne le po obliki, vsebini in zgradbi, temveč tudi po pesnikovi spretni rabi konvencij, v kateri se poigrava z bralčevimi pričakovanji tako, da uvaja prvine, ki naredijo pesnitev čudovito dvoumno in jo umeščajo v področje, kjer se - nejasno zamejeni - prekrivata realnost in fikcija. Čeprav pesnitev na prvi pogled slavi moč in čistost kavalirstva in viteštva, ju v resnici podvrže subtilni kritiki in komentiranju njunega neuspeha v resničnem življenju zunaj dvora. To je še posebej očitno, ko simbolizem pesnitve ter njenega junaka in družbo, iz katere izhaja, beremo v zgodovinskem kontekstu, tj. kot odraz dejanskega srednjeveškega življenja. V skladu s tem je mogoče pesnitev Sir Gawain in Zeleni vitez brati kot besedilo, ki kavalirstvo in viteštvo bolj kot z odkrito naklonjenostjo časti s komentarjem na njuno postopno razblinjanje, saj gre za čas, ko je prihodnost na zunaj sijočega, a v resnici načetega kraljestva, njegovih vladarjev in družbe ob dejanjih vse prej kot brezmadežnih krščanskih vitezov videti precej temačnaTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnost