Decently
ℝecently I watched the computer animated motion picture Beowulf. Scrumptious. Something to be tasted, enjoyed briefly and then discarded; perhaps, perhaps not:
Emphasis on sex which is typical of modern depictions of medieval periods. Interesting too because reading what sparse recordings remain from that society's narratives suggests a non-sex-centric society. Bravery, chivalry, and piety account for the large majority of thematics in the literature I've encountered (and the few non-fictions). In fact, it accounts for one-hundred percent of it. We've created a tradition of portraying the supposedly barbarous 'dark ages' as sexcentric. What does that suggest of our society?
Or has the literature lied. The medieval period was a period of great indoctrination by those in power, primarily the church, secondarily the majesties, so it might be unsurprising what little works remain were of fictions or poems attempting to indoctrinate values and marginalized otherwise widespread practises. Albeit unlikely, the works I've read have no hesitation outlining poor behaviours and sex is rare amongst them, in fact, no examples come to type.
But this Beowulf largely deviates from the original, especially in plot. Kindly here there be no qualms of it's re-presentation.
Emphasis on sex which is typical of modern depictions of medieval periods. Interesting too because reading what sparse recordings remain from that society's narratives suggests a non-sex-centric society. Bravery, chivalry, and piety account for the large majority of thematics in the literature I've encountered (and the few non-fictions). In fact, it accounts for one-hundred percent of it. We've created a tradition of portraying the supposedly barbarous 'dark ages' as sexcentric. What does that suggest of our society?
Or has the literature lied. The medieval period was a period of great indoctrination by those in power, primarily the church, secondarily the majesties, so it might be unsurprising what little works remain were of fictions or poems attempting to indoctrinate values and marginalized otherwise widespread practises. Albeit unlikely, the works I've read have no hesitation outlining poor behaviours and sex is rare amongst them, in fact, no examples come to type.
But this Beowulf largely deviates from the original, especially in plot. Kindly here there be no qualms of it's re-presentation.