Author(s)

Lu Hu, Jia Ren, Lingling Zhang, Baiding Gong

Corresponding Author

Jia Ren

Abstract

The King of the Bronze Drums and Beowulf created different heroic images, and also reflected the differences between River Civilization and Maritime Civilization behind the characters. This paper will study them from the perspective of comparative literature, to compare the themes of the two epics, the cultural characteristics of River Civilization and Maritime Civilization, and the cultural features of River Civilization and Maritime Civilization. And this paper explore the reasons for the formation of the two heroic images, so as to deepen the understanding on River Civilization and Maritime Civilization.

Keywords

The King of the Bronze Drums; Beowulf; River Civilization; Maritime Civilization