ENGL 177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Paratext, Horned Helmet
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9:58 pm: order of beowulfs: oral poem --> written poem --> modern translation --> digital film --> video game, video game. Trailer is paratext: sets the scene and summarizes. Judo-narrative dissonance: contact between the video game and the narrative and gameplay creates dissonance. Ex: making your followers sing to summon grendel. Grendel comes to put a stop to the song. You, in the game, want to fight for the song - Grendel is trying to stop you from doing that. You have to defeat those calling you corrupt and a bad king. Carnal (sexual desire) fury: sexual violence in the game turns into extra power. If you use too much, it"s harmful. Uses it to grab many large pillars. Plot isn"t changed, but the interpretation is. Grendel is the most normal looking character (completely human in flannel) Walks into audience after getting his arm ripped off. Audience takes in grendel as one of their own.
