The Deconstruction of Monstrosity in "Grendel" by John Gardner

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: John Gardner’s novel Grendel from 1971 is one of the most famous modern retelling and focuses on the monster from the Beowulf poem. As the quote from the OED shows, monsters are typically associated with great size, a savage characte...