The Green Knight (2021) May 2026

: Research in The Chivalric Code in The Green Knight (2021) examines how Lowery uses the quest to critique medieval honor and build a stricter, secular code for the modern age.

: The paper explores how the film contrasts the "fleeting vanity" of human achievements—symbolized by the court’s battlements and coins—against the "sublime continuity" of the Earth system. The Green Knight (2021)

One notable academic paper analyzing the 2021 film is The Death-Driven Eco-Ethics of David Lowery's The Green Knight by Alexa Alice Joubin, published in The Quarterly Review of Film and Video . : Research in The Chivalric Code in The

: Space, Time, and Identity applies Paul Ricœur’s theories to argue that Gawain's wounds are actually paths toward self-recognition. The Green Knight (2021)