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A review by churd
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation by Unknown
A few months ago, I happened to catch David Lowery's fantastic film, The Green Knight. I was completely unfamiliar with the original text, having not even really heard of it before nor being familiar with much Arthurian literature at all. I loved the film so dang much that I thought, "Hey, let's read a 200 page poem."
I'm going to be honest, I don't know exactly what to make of this. I typically read literature more for fun or entertainment than to engage on a heavy-duty analytical trip (I prefer to leave that to cinema, personally), so I'm not going to dive super heavily into all of the hidden mechanisms at play here. I did find this to be a fable that serves largely in the promotion of avoiding sin and engaging in chastity, which I expect is something that's echoed through most literature of that era, but I found it very surprising with how at odds the 2021 film is in that regard.
I don't actually have that much to say about this story outside of comparisons to the film! Sorry to "Unknown", no disrespect sir or madam. I definitely enjoyed it whenever the titular Green Knight was "on screen".
Fun enough stuff!
I'm going to be honest, I don't know exactly what to make of this. I typically read literature more for fun or entertainment than to engage on a heavy-duty analytical trip (I prefer to leave that to cinema, personally), so I'm not going to dive super heavily into all of the hidden mechanisms at play here. I did find this to be a fable that serves largely in the promotion of avoiding sin and engaging in chastity, which I expect is something that's echoed through most literature of that era, but I found it very surprising with how at odds the 2021 film is in that regard.
I don't actually have that much to say about this story outside of comparisons to the film! Sorry to "Unknown", no disrespect sir or madam. I definitely enjoyed it whenever the titular Green Knight was "on screen".
Fun enough stuff!