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<p>The aim of the paper is to analyse the use of satire in Maria Dahvana Headley’s&#xa0;2020 translation of <i>Beowulf</i>. The paper looks closely at the difference between the functions of the <i>Beowulf</i> poet’s subtle irony and Headley’s uninhibited satiric mode, as well as takes into consideration Headley’s opinions about her practice and choices. Moreover, the paper seeks to present Headley’s <i>Beowulf</i> as an appropriation or tradaptation rather than a translation due to the author’s significant changes of the poem’s meaning introduced by means of multiple interpolations and additions with satiric overtones, employment of informal language satirizing the heroic matter of the poem, adherence to potential, yet improbable readings, and other types of unfaithfulness to its only extant manuscript version.</p>

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“I’m the strongest and the boldest, and the bravest and the best.” Satire in Maria Dahvana Headley’s 2020 translation of Beowulf

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    2026年7月1日

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  • Katarzyna Myśliwiec

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The aim of the paper is to analyse the use of satire in Maria Dahvana Headley’s 2020 translation of Beowulf. The paper looks closely at the difference between the functions of the Beowulf poet’s subtle irony and Headley’s uninhibited satiric mode, as well as takes into consideration Headley’s opinions about her practice and choices. Moreover, the paper seeks to present Headley’s Beowulf as an appropriation or tradaptation rather than a translation due to the author’s significant changes of the poem’s meaning introduced by means of multiple interpolations and additions with satiric overtones, employment of informal language satirizing the heroic matter of the poem, adherence to potential, yet improbable readings, and other types of unfaithfulness to its only extant manuscript version.