Summary: The Feminized Cross Of The Rood
Dockray-Miller, Mary. "The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood." Philological Quarterly 76.1 (1997): 1+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 15 Nov. 2014.
The article “The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood” discusses the concept of feminism as it is applied to the cross and the notion of masculinity as it is applied to Jesus, and how they were connected as well as proving the gender theory. Dockray -Miller, an American scholar of Anglo-Saxon England best known for her work on gender in the Anglo-Saxon period, argues that in the story “The Dream of the Rood” that the cross, itself, is feminized because throughout the story, it is described like a woman. When the cross speaks of Jesus, it describes him in a way a woman would base …show more content…
on the cross word choice, and terms that could be interpreted into sexual meanings.
In contrast, Dockray-Miller also discusses different phallic symbols, ostensibly the masculine ideas, throughout the poem. Dockray-Miller focuses particular on the gender of the cross, pulling her supportive evidence from the Old English Genesis, and other fellow writers and supporters like Faith Patten who was the first critic to note the feminization of the cross in “The Dream of the Rood” theses help formulate her point of view . This source will be particularly useful in showing how in literatures if you read extensively you can discover things like a hint on gender like how there is sometimes a clash between masculinity and feminism based on the reader’s point of view. I find this critical essay to be a very important source and informative. This essay and content is very easy to understand and comprehend, and the argument stated and opinion made can be backed up based on all the …show more content…
supportive information. I would definitely recommend “The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood” to anyone interested in examining the feminist view of the cross.
Ralph, Iris. "Pedagogical literary environmental activism and 'The Dream of the Rood'." Forum for World Literature Studies 6.2 (2014): 320+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.
The Pedagogical literary environmental activism and ‘The Dream of the Rood’ is about the relationship of Ecocriticism in the story of “The Dream of the Rood” referring to the rood. Iris Ralph, a professor in the department of English at Tamkang University, argues that in “The Dream of the Rood” it addresses deforestation in the specific ecological and environmental contexts of massive planetary deforestation caused by human in the current so called Anthropocene era. Focusing in particular on how the rood had to suffer because of men wants which in present time is the same reason of why mankind continue to destroy nature and cause deforestation. Ralph also states that this story shows that nonhuman species possess knowledge, language, empathy, and to also have to suffer and never be heard. Ralph writes this article and use evidence from Lawrence Buell a Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University, who is a pioneer of Ecocriticism, and Sharon O’Dair as well as taking some information from the Biosemiotic theory. This article will be particularly useful in understanding how you can take ecocriticism and connect it to the story of “The Dream of the Rood”, and how from each literature you can learn something and there can also be more than one theory connected to a story. I find this Critical analysis to be very informative as well as quite persuasive in introducing Ecocriticism and how this could be a strong possible theory in the story. This is clear and easy to understand, and the arguments follows a very concise order. I would highly recommend The Pedagogical literary environmental activism and “The Dream of The Rood” to anyone interested in exploring ecocriticism and how it relates to the rood.
Hawkins, Emma B. "Gender, Language, and Power in 'The Dream of the Rood'." Women and Language 18.2 (1995): 33+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.
Gender, language, and power in “The Dream of the Rood” is about masculine-coded and feminine-coded language to portray status changes of power-figures. Dr.Emma B. Hawkins, a professor in the department of English at Lamar University, argues that Jesus Christ plays as a heroic warrior-lord who attains spiritual victory by experiencing defeat on the cross. Focusing particular on the change of power through gender and language in how in the end the main hero or the most important character is the man and how in the end man will always have power, and have a story of being a hero and the spot light will always turn on the man. Dr. Hawkins draws her supportive information from an article "When Women Aren't Enough" as well as "Regardless of Sex: Men, Women, and Power in Early Northern Europe" help support her argument of believing that they did everything to make Jesus the hero even though the story should have been focused on the feminized cross and the Roods sacrifice. This source will be especially useful in showing how Jesus Christ became the hero and how the story undermines every single feminized character and the cross to place Jesus as the important one the hero the master the greatest , the warrior ,and the conqueror. This article seems to be an extremely useful source. This article is easy to comprehend, and the argument follows a very concise order starting from the beginning cover every point that help lead the author to her conclusion. I would highly recommend “Gender, language, and Power in ‘The Dream of the Rood’” to anyone intrigued in learning how Jesus is the spot light keeper and how man will always be important and powerful as well as always be the majority never minority in the world.
Galloway, Andrew. "Dream-theory in 'The Dream of the Rood' and 'The Wanderer.' (English poems)." The Review of English Studies 45.180 (1994): 475+. Biography in Context. Web. 24 Nov. 2014.
Dream-theory in “The Dream of the Rood” and ‘The Wanderer’ is about the Influence of the dream theory and the connection of how they relate to the Dream of the Rood.
Dr. Andrew Galloway, a professor of the department of English at Cornell University, argues that “The Dream of the Rood” develops the dream theory through a narrative mode, fully consonant with Old English poetic idioms but contradictory to Gregorian Dream Theory. Focusing in particular on how the dream theory has manifested its way in an Anglo-Saxon story although originally this theory is applied to old English poetry basically stating new theories can be applied to old story as far as time period wise with literature. Galloway influences and Development on this topic stems from her research from Hieatt “Dream Frame and Verbal Echo in the Dream of the Rood” and Robert Burlin “The Ruthwell Cross, the Dream of the Rood and the Vita Contemplativa”. This source will be exceptionally useful in showing how the dream theory relates to the story and how theories can sometimes differ or change depending on your reading. I find this article to be a very interesting and knowledgeable source. It very clear and easy to understand although there are some Latin words throughout the reading, and the arguments follows its evidence when stating a point. I would recommend this article “Dream-theory in “The Dream of The Rood “and ‘The Wanderer’ to anyone interested in seeing how the Dream theory can be applied to a story
especially a story about a dream.
Harbus, Antonina. "Cognitive studies of Anglo-Saxon mentalities." Parergon 27.1 (2010): 13+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.
Cognitive studies of Anglo-Saxon mentalities is about the influence on the multiple blending of several narratives and identities within this poem. Antonina Harbus, a professor and the head of the department of English at Macquarie University, argues that mentalities in literacy only help us to understand and grasps more of a story and its artistry as well as the logistics of literal meaning. Focusing in particular on the transition of characters in the story as well as the schematic and word choice and how you need a certain mind set to fully understand the reading. Dr.Harbus explains her argument by using key known people such as Mark Turner the biggest scholar in the influence in cognitive science in literacy, and George P. Lakoff , an American cognitive linguist, to support her beliefs. This source will be useful to someone who would like to know how cognitive science can be relate to a specific peace of literacy. I find this essay to be extremely not useful. This essay is not very clear and hard to fully understand, and the argument does not follow a precise order. Dr.Harbus keeps the same position throughout the story but jumps around when supporting her evidence talking about one thing then switching to another as well as some of her word choices are too hard comprehend for a basic reader. I would only recommend this article “Cognitive studies of Anglo-Saxon mentalities” to a higher literature scholar who could probably understand this article better than me and has more information on the Anglo-Saxon and the Cognitive thinking measures to better understand the relation to “The Dream of the Rood”.
The article “The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood” discusses the concept of feminism as it is applied to the cross and the notion of masculinity as it is applied to Jesus, and how they were connected as well as proving the gender theory. Dockray -Miller, an American scholar of Anglo-Saxon England best known for her work on gender in the Anglo-Saxon period, argues that in the story “The Dream of the Rood” that the cross, itself, is feminized because throughout the story, it is described like a woman. When the cross speaks of Jesus, it describes him in a way a woman would base …show more content…
on the cross word choice, and terms that could be interpreted into sexual meanings.
In contrast, Dockray-Miller also discusses different phallic symbols, ostensibly the masculine ideas, throughout the poem. Dockray-Miller focuses particular on the gender of the cross, pulling her supportive evidence from the Old English Genesis, and other fellow writers and supporters like Faith Patten who was the first critic to note the feminization of the cross in “The Dream of the Rood” theses help formulate her point of view . This source will be particularly useful in showing how in literatures if you read extensively you can discover things like a hint on gender like how there is sometimes a clash between masculinity and feminism based on the reader’s point of view. I find this critical essay to be a very important source and informative. This essay and content is very easy to understand and comprehend, and the argument stated and opinion made can be backed up based on all the …show more content…
supportive information. I would definitely recommend “The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood” to anyone interested in examining the feminist view of the cross.
Ralph, Iris. "Pedagogical literary environmental activism and 'The Dream of the Rood'." Forum for World Literature Studies 6.2 (2014): 320+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.
The Pedagogical literary environmental activism and ‘The Dream of the Rood’ is about the relationship of Ecocriticism in the story of “The Dream of the Rood” referring to the rood. Iris Ralph, a professor in the department of English at Tamkang University, argues that in “The Dream of the Rood” it addresses deforestation in the specific ecological and environmental contexts of massive planetary deforestation caused by human in the current so called Anthropocene era. Focusing in particular on how the rood had to suffer because of men wants which in present time is the same reason of why mankind continue to destroy nature and cause deforestation. Ralph also states that this story shows that nonhuman species possess knowledge, language, empathy, and to also have to suffer and never be heard. Ralph writes this article and use evidence from Lawrence Buell a Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University, who is a pioneer of Ecocriticism, and Sharon O’Dair as well as taking some information from the Biosemiotic theory. This article will be particularly useful in understanding how you can take ecocriticism and connect it to the story of “The Dream of the Rood”, and how from each literature you can learn something and there can also be more than one theory connected to a story. I find this Critical analysis to be very informative as well as quite persuasive in introducing Ecocriticism and how this could be a strong possible theory in the story. This is clear and easy to understand, and the arguments follows a very concise order. I would highly recommend The Pedagogical literary environmental activism and “The Dream of The Rood” to anyone interested in exploring ecocriticism and how it relates to the rood.
Hawkins, Emma B. "Gender, Language, and Power in 'The Dream of the Rood'." Women and Language 18.2 (1995): 33+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.
Gender, language, and power in “The Dream of the Rood” is about masculine-coded and feminine-coded language to portray status changes of power-figures. Dr.Emma B. Hawkins, a professor in the department of English at Lamar University, argues that Jesus Christ plays as a heroic warrior-lord who attains spiritual victory by experiencing defeat on the cross. Focusing particular on the change of power through gender and language in how in the end the main hero or the most important character is the man and how in the end man will always have power, and have a story of being a hero and the spot light will always turn on the man. Dr. Hawkins draws her supportive information from an article "When Women Aren't Enough" as well as "Regardless of Sex: Men, Women, and Power in Early Northern Europe" help support her argument of believing that they did everything to make Jesus the hero even though the story should have been focused on the feminized cross and the Roods sacrifice. This source will be especially useful in showing how Jesus Christ became the hero and how the story undermines every single feminized character and the cross to place Jesus as the important one the hero the master the greatest , the warrior ,and the conqueror. This article seems to be an extremely useful source. This article is easy to comprehend, and the argument follows a very concise order starting from the beginning cover every point that help lead the author to her conclusion. I would highly recommend “Gender, language, and Power in ‘The Dream of the Rood’” to anyone intrigued in learning how Jesus is the spot light keeper and how man will always be important and powerful as well as always be the majority never minority in the world.
Galloway, Andrew. "Dream-theory in 'The Dream of the Rood' and 'The Wanderer.' (English poems)." The Review of English Studies 45.180 (1994): 475+. Biography in Context. Web. 24 Nov. 2014.
Dream-theory in “The Dream of the Rood” and ‘The Wanderer’ is about the Influence of the dream theory and the connection of how they relate to the Dream of the Rood.
Dr. Andrew Galloway, a professor of the department of English at Cornell University, argues that “The Dream of the Rood” develops the dream theory through a narrative mode, fully consonant with Old English poetic idioms but contradictory to Gregorian Dream Theory. Focusing in particular on how the dream theory has manifested its way in an Anglo-Saxon story although originally this theory is applied to old English poetry basically stating new theories can be applied to old story as far as time period wise with literature. Galloway influences and Development on this topic stems from her research from Hieatt “Dream Frame and Verbal Echo in the Dream of the Rood” and Robert Burlin “The Ruthwell Cross, the Dream of the Rood and the Vita Contemplativa”. This source will be exceptionally useful in showing how the dream theory relates to the story and how theories can sometimes differ or change depending on your reading. I find this article to be a very interesting and knowledgeable source. It very clear and easy to understand although there are some Latin words throughout the reading, and the arguments follows its evidence when stating a point. I would recommend this article “Dream-theory in “The Dream of The Rood “and ‘The Wanderer’ to anyone interested in seeing how the Dream theory can be applied to a story
especially a story about a dream.
Harbus, Antonina. "Cognitive studies of Anglo-Saxon mentalities." Parergon 27.1 (2010): 13+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.
Cognitive studies of Anglo-Saxon mentalities is about the influence on the multiple blending of several narratives and identities within this poem. Antonina Harbus, a professor and the head of the department of English at Macquarie University, argues that mentalities in literacy only help us to understand and grasps more of a story and its artistry as well as the logistics of literal meaning. Focusing in particular on the transition of characters in the story as well as the schematic and word choice and how you need a certain mind set to fully understand the reading. Dr.Harbus explains her argument by using key known people such as Mark Turner the biggest scholar in the influence in cognitive science in literacy, and George P. Lakoff , an American cognitive linguist, to support her beliefs. This source will be useful to someone who would like to know how cognitive science can be relate to a specific peace of literacy. I find this essay to be extremely not useful. This essay is not very clear and hard to fully understand, and the argument does not follow a precise order. Dr.Harbus keeps the same position throughout the story but jumps around when supporting her evidence talking about one thing then switching to another as well as some of her word choices are too hard comprehend for a basic reader. I would only recommend this article “Cognitive studies of Anglo-Saxon mentalities” to a higher literature scholar who could probably understand this article better than me and has more information on the Anglo-Saxon and the Cognitive thinking measures to better understand the relation to “The Dream of the Rood”.