Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga

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Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank among some of the world's greatest literature. Here, Heather O'Donoghue skilfully examines the notions of time and the singular textual voice of the Sagas, offering a fresh perspective on the foundational texts of Old Norse and medieval Icelandic heritage.

With a conspicuous absence of giants, dragons, and fairy tale magic, these sagas reflect a real-world society in transition, grappling with major new challenges of identity and development. As this book reveals, the stance of the narrator and the role of time - from the representation of external time passing to the audience's experience of moving through a narrative - are crucial to these stories. As such, Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga draws on modern narratological theory to explore the ways in which saga authors maintain the urgency and complexity of their material, handle the narrative and chronological line, and offer perceptive insights into saga society. In doing so, O'Donoghue presents a new poetics of family sagas and redefines the literary rhetoric of saga narratives.

Über den Autor

Heather O'Donoghue is Professor of Old Norse at University of Oxford, UK. Among others, she is the author of Old Norse Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction (2004), From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths (2007, 2nd edition 2024), Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga (2021) and Beowulf: Poem, Poet and Hero (2024). She has also broadcast with the BBC on the topic of the Norse Gods.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Representation of External Time
2. The Management of Narrative Time: Duration
3. The Management of Narrative Time: Order
4. The Voice of the Silent Narrator
5. Withheld Knowledge
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Mittelalter
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781350211636
ISBN-10:	135021163X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	O'Donoghue, Heather
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Heather O'Donoghue
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.08.2022
Gewicht:	0,363 kg

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