Hypersexualized Monsters in ›Beowulf‹ Director’s Cut (USA 2007) and the Sharp Objects Constantly Threatening to Castrate Him

Alan Lena van Beek

doi:10.17879/mittelalterdigital-2021-3342

Hypersexualized Monsters in ›Beowulf‹ Director’s Cut (USA 2007) and the Sharp Objects Constantly Threatening to Castrate Him

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Alan Lena van Beek CAU Kiel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17879/mittelalterdigital-2021-3342

Schlagworte:

Beowulf, Sexuality, Monster, Heroic Poetry, Film adaption

Abstract

This essay explores the 2007 cinematic adaptation of ›Beowulf‹, written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary. It will focus on narration, sexuality and virility in in the original poem and hypersexualized bodies in the movie. Gilded genitalia, absent genitalia and the sharp objects constantly threatening to castrate Beowulf are being analysed as a cultural text.

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2021-06-19

Zitationsvorschlag

van Beek, A. L. (2021). Hypersexualized Monsters in ›Beowulf‹ Director’s Cut (USA 2007) and the Sharp Objects Constantly Threatening to Castrate Him. Mittelalter Digital, 2(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.17879/mittelalterdigital-2021-3342