"Yet though I must lose my life, fear shall never make me change colour."

Those of you who have read my reviews on poetry will know that I do not particularly take to it. The plot of this poem was really good - for which I gave the three stars - but I'm not one to judge the fact that it was written in poetry form in the first place.

Es la segunda vez que lo leo y me gustó aún más en esta ocasión. :)

yazarı bilinmeyen 14. yydan kalma eser erdemli olmakla ilgili kısa bir kahramanın yolculuğu hikayesi. dili,kurgusu ve çevirisi gerçekten başarılı.

2.5/5 ⭐

Pues me ha gustado y me ha llamado mogollón la atención cómo está escrita la tensión sexual entre los personajes, aunque me gustó que en la película hablaran de la vergüenza y de la arrogancia y aquí se reduce todo a "un caballero debe resistirse al mal", que está en línea con la ideología de la época pero chafa el encuentro final entre el caballero verde y el protagonista. Un poco random el "No, es que voy a rajarte el cuello porque me has devuelto los besos de mi mujer pero no me has dicho que te ha regalado un cinturón y eso no es muy taki taki rumba por tu parte, así que shame on you". Que oye, también está en la línea de la redención de los pecados en el catolicismo, que si te callas mal pero si se lo cuentas al cura pues hala, ya estás perdonado, pero como que es una historia muy chula para que al final se reduzca a una moraleja tan básica. BUENO NO SE HASTA QUE PUNTO LA MORALEJA ES UNA TAPADERA, PORQUE ES TODO BASTANTE GAY Y BASTANTE SEXUAL, PERO BUENO

Well, I might be a little cruel in this review, but I truly have not enjoyed this work at all. I am aware that it is popular and that I should take into consideration the context at the time of its publication and how it stands in comparison to its contemporaries, but that does not mean I cannot criticize a few things.

I have encountered many problems while reading it and almost dropped it. For starters, the plot is boring and could have been way shorter. Also, the introduction of characters is not interesting and kind of awkward. Neither the protagonist, Sir Gawain, nor the antagonist, The Green Knight, has caught my attention. I really could not care if they live or die.

Moreover, the challenge that The Green Knight has put on the table—that is, daring the knights to ax him and be axed by him—is foolish to even think of accepting, yet Sir Gawain does because it would be an act of cowardice not to do so. Anyway, The Green Knight lives after being beheaded (because of some magic as we later learn) and the"bold" protagonist travels to the place in which he would be killed by The Green Knight.

On his way, he finds a castle out of nowhere and stays there for some time before traveling to his final destination. When he arrives, however, The Green Knight does not kill him (surprise, surprise! Here I had to act as if I were shocked). Now, do you know why he does not behead him in return? Well, it is because Sir Gawain has not slept with The Green Knight's wife, who also turns out to be the very same lord of the castle! Yet, The Green Knight does give him some beating for not giving him a green girdle which he received from The Green Knight's wife.

Well, why would The Green Knight expect something from Sir Gawain? Good question! The answer is because he decided to play a game with Sir Gawain in which the lord would go hunt and give whatever he gets to Sir Gawain who in return should give him whatever gift he gets during his stay at the castle. Now, what did Sir Gawain give him most of the time? Kisses! He kisses the lord because the lord's wife kisses him after rejecting her endless approaches to seduce him!

I know that epic poems and any work at the time, in general, focused on morality and that this epic poem is no exception and is supposed to teach us about the importance of loyalty and "chivalry", but it is not for me (I could not believe it when I finally reached the final page! What a torture!). The role of women here is one of the worst I have read and the characters, overall, are dumb.

All in all, I believe that this literary work is overrated. I thought of giving it 2.5 out of 5, but no. I do not think it deserves more than 2.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by an anonymous late 14th Century author is a chivalric romance written in Middle English. But you don’t have to be proficient in Middle English to read it as there are several excellent translations available, including some on line.

This is a delightful Medieval poem about the adventures of Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s nephew. The events occur during two consecutive Christmas seasons and involve a jolly green giant, a beheading, a quest, a journey into the wilderness, a magic castle, a beautiful lady, a couple of delightful seduction scenes, a ruse, an unexpected twist, and probably the biggest oops blunder in English literature.

The poet gently exposes the foibles of human nature and the difficulty of living up to courtly ideals with their concomitant code of chivalry. And he does so with sympathy and humor neatly gift wrapped in eloquent diction to celebrate the season.

Highly recommended.

Aynı "Beowulf" gibi başka bir İngiliz destanı olan "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Sir Gawain ve Yeşil Şövalye", Kral Arthur ve Yuvarlak Masa Şövalyeleri’nden Sir Gawain’in dürüstlük sınavını eğlenceli bir şekilde okuyucuya sunan önemli eserlerden biri. İngiliz edebiyatının yapı taşlarından biri olmasının yanında döneminin klasik İsa ve Kutsal Kase esintilerini taşıyan eseri okurken özellikle tasvire yer verilen dizeleri okurken dikkatiniz dağılabiliyor. Buna rağmen sonlara doğru heyecanı artırarak vermek istediği mesajı şaşırtmacalı bir finalle okuyucuya vermeyi başarıyor.

19.02.2018
İstanbul, Türkiye

Alp Turgut

http://www.filmdoktoru.com/kitap-labo...

n  n    “—¿Cómo, es ésta la corte de Arturo —dijo—, cuya fama tanto se ha extendido por todos los reinos del mundo? ¿Dónde están ahora vuestra arrogancia, vuestras proezas, vuestras victorias y valor, y el arrojo del que os jactáis?”n  n

Un breve relato que tiene todos los ingredientes para formar una maravillosa historia caballeresca ambientada en el mundo del Rey Arturo y sus Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda.

En este libro acompañaremos a Sir Gawain, uno de los famosos caballeros, en un viaje en el que varios sucesos pondrán a prueba su código de caballero. Precisamente esto es lo que más me ha sorprendido, que no se tratara de una historia con acción al uso, con grandes combates, sino que está enfocado más en el aspecto moral del protagonista.

El punto clave de la lectura será el final, que nos hará darle una vuelta a todos los actos sucedidos y nos dejará reflexionando. Considero que el epílogo es también muy interesante para terminar de entender una obra tan antigua, que se hace muy amena y que ha envejecido a la perfección.

2022/ Reread twice this year…what a great story. Simon Armitage’s translation is excellent, and the narrators northern accent made the audiobook an absorbing experience. :)



I've been assigned this book four times, and never read it - so I figured I should actually read it now. It was well worth the wait. (Apparently the assiduous alliterative verse is attractive - I'm emulating especially effectively, even excellently?). A wonderful majestic fairy tale for grown-ups, and definitely something I'll read again -- hopefully three more times so I can look all of professors of the past in the face again sometime. :)

Leí otro libro donde Gawain era uno de los personajes y me quedé con ganas de saber un poco más de él. Con este libro tengo una perspectiva un poco más amplia de él y de sus motivaciones.

Además, me ha parecido interesante la concepción del amor cortés y el honor de los caballeros, sobre todo al contrastarla con otros libros que he leído.

El único pero que le pondría es que me ha parecido una historia muy corta, en la que se podría haber desarrollado mucho más algunos aspectos de la aventura de Gawain.

A foundational legend that has influenced many other works. One of the best examinations of what chivalry was meant to represent...and for that reason a very important work. One has to marvel at the time and effort that was spent pursuing knighthood; one wonders what Europe would look like if this group had not shaped sociopolitical issues associated with the formation of nations.