Беовульф

Okh uzh ėtot legendarnyĭ Pchelinyĭ volk, bolʹshe izvestnyĭ kak Beovulʹf! Vse o nem slyshali, vot tolʹko osilitʹ odin iz samykh vazhnykh tekstov drevneangliĭskoĭ literatury mozhet daleko ne kazhdyĭ. Potomu chto chitatʹ takui͡u ėpicheskui͡u poėmu samostoi͡atelʹno, dazhe v perevode, - nelegkiĭ trud. Kirill Zakharov i Alekseĭ Oleĭnikov sdelali ėto za vas. Mir proizvedenii͡a napolnen bitvami, podvigami i pirami. On istoricheski dostoveren, no v to zhe vremi͡a shchedro pripravlen mifologicheskimi motivami. Kniga pomozhet razobratʹsi͡a v ėtoĭ smesi faktov i vymyslov blagodari͡a kratkim i emkim literaturovedcheskim kommentarii͡am. A posle, pronikshisʹ dukhom drevneangliĭskoĭ poėmy, vy mozhete razygratʹ st͡senku iz zhizni Beovulʹfa - na sovremennyĭ lad.V ėtoĭ knige estʹ vsë, chto pomozhet poni͡atʹ "Beovulʹfa":ostroumnyĭ pereskaz si͡uzhetarazbor osnovnykh personazheĭ, tem, a takzhe istoricheskiĭ kommentariĭslovarʹ neponi͡atnykh slovi dazhe st͡senariĭ dli͡a shkolʹnoĭ postanovki!Dli͡a srednego shkolʹnogo vozrasta.

Oh, that legendary Bee Wolf, better known as Beowulf! Everyone has heard of him, but not everyone can master one of the most important texts of Old English literature. Because reading such an epic poem on your own, even in translation, is not an easy task. Kirill Zakharov and Alexey Oleynikov did it for you. The world of the work is filled with battles, exploits and feasts. It is historically accurate, but at the same time generously seasoned with mythological motifs. The book will help you understand this mixture of facts and fictions thanks to brief and succinct literary commentary. And then, imbued with the spirit of the Old English poem, you can act out a scene from the life of Beowulf - in a modern way.This book has everything that will help you understand Beowulf:A witty retelling of the plot, a selection of the main characters, themes, as well as historical commentary, a dictionary of incomprehensible words, and even a script for a school production!For middle school age.