"Green Man": Image Transformation in the English-Speaking Countries Literature
Chemezova Ekaterina Rudolfovna
Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Submitted: 17.07.2021
Abstract. The purpose of the study is to identify the paradigm of the Green Man’s transformed folklore images recorded in the texts belonging to the literature of the English-speaking countries. The article clarifies mythological and folklore prototypes of most representation variants of the Green Man’s image in the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", W. Shakespeare’s comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor", W. H. Ainsworth’s novel "Windsor Castle" and W. Irving’s short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and also identifies models of their functioning in each text. Scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the issue of the Green Man’s (Cernunnos’s) image representation and transformation has remained on the margins of literary criticism. As a result, it is proved that the images found in the English-language literature, ranging from the Green Knight to the Headless Horseman, go back to traditional cyclical forms of god Lugh.
Key words and phrases: Кернунн, Зеленый человек, артурианские легенды, В. Ирвинг, У. Шекспир, Cernunnos, Green Man, Arthurian legends, W. Irving, W. Shakespeare
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