A critical companion to Old Norse literary genre
Critical companion to Old Norse literary genre
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
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| Omfang | xiii, 373 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Utgave | 1st utgave
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| Opplysninger | Introduction / Massimiliano Bampi and Sif Rikhardsdottir -- I THEORY -- Genre / Massimiliano Bampi -- Hybridity / Sif Rikhardsdottir -- Terminology / Lukas Rösli -- Form / Mikael Males -- Orality, textuality and performance / Judy Quinn -- Manuscripts and codicology / Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir -- II THEMES -- The body politic / Hans Jacob Orning -- Geography / Dale Kedwards -- Time and space / Torfi H. Tulinius -- Memory / Pernille Hermann -- The human condition / Stefanie Gropper -- God(s) / Carolyne Larrington -- Wisdom / Brittany Schorn -- III GENRE IN FOCUS -- Skaldic peotry: a case study: the poetry of Torf-Einarr Rǫgnvaldsson of Orkney / Erin Michelle Goeres -- Eddic poetry: a case study: Sólarljóð Carolyne Larrington -- Þættir: a case study: Stjörnu-Odda draumr / Elizabeth Ashman Rowe -- Íslendingasǫgur: a case study: Vatnsdœla saga / Russell Poole -- Byskupasögur and heilagra manna sögur: a case study / Kevin J. Wanner -- Romance: a case study / Jürg Glauser.. - We cannot read literary works without making use of the concept of genre. In Old Norse studies, genre has been central to the categorisation, evaluation and understanding of medieval prose and poetry alike; yet its definition has been elusive and its implications often left unexplored. This volume opens up fundamental questions about Old Norse genre in theory and in practice. It offers an extensive range of theoretical approaches, investigating and critiquing current terms and situating its arguments within early Scandinavian and Icelandic oral-literary and manuscript contexts. It maps the ways in which genre and form engage with key thematic areas within the literary corpus, noting the different kinds of impact upon the genre system brought about by conversion to Christianity, the gradual adoption of European literary models, and social and cultural changes occurring in Scandinavian society. A case-study section probes both prototypical and hard-to-define cases, demonstrating the challenges that actual texts pose to genre theory in terms of hybridity, evolution and innovation. With an annotated taxonomy of Old Norse genres and an extensive bibliography, it is an indispensable resource for contemporary Old Norse-Icelandic literary studies.
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| Emner | Literary form - History
Old Norse literature - History and criticism. gammelnorsk litteratur litteraturkritikk |
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| ISBN | 9781843845645
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