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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Icelandic Literature"”.
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Constructing community from corpses in Medieval English and Icelandic Literature
<p>I argue that the bodies of the dead interred within medieval texts are used as focal points for the communities created within those texts. The most famous textual medieval corpses are the relics of saints as described in hagiographies, relics which, outside of these texts, became the …
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German Literature in Iceland and the Fabric of Modern Icelandic Literature: 1795 to 1847
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:56:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7121223.pdf: 24587816 bytes, checksum: 6b72c9ef780e4b3f08a0b1510696113b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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On the dative singular -u ending in monosyllabic strong feminine ō-stem substantives in Old Icelandic: An overview and longitudinal study
… strong feminine ō-stem substantives in Modern Icelandic is typically a null, or zero, ending, where there was at a much earlier stage a -u ending. This archaic dative singular -u ending was already on the decline in Old Icelandic but can still be seen at this time in select lexical items. The …
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"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul." A functional analysis of fate in Fornaldarsögur
It has been long accepted that the Old Icelandic literature is full of a strong feeling of fatalism. Fate is commonly regarded as something predetermined that the characters have no other choice than to embrace. However, this vision leaves little space to the free will of actions that makes a great …
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The Trojans of the North - The Trojan matter and the End of the Icelandic Commonwealth
… in medieval Iceland. This was a popular theme in Icelandic literature in the period known as the Sturlungaöld (‘the age of the Sturlungar’), which ended with Iceland becoming subject to Norwegian dominion in 1264, and beyond. The Icelandic authors who wrote about the Trojan matter were strongly …
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The Matter of Gautland
… model has also been applied to Old Norse saga literature, particularly the fornaldarsögur, within which the ‘Matter of Hrafnista’ and the ‘Matter of Gautland’ have been identified as prominent examples. The latter cycle consists of Gautreks saga, Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar and Bósa saga ok …
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Survivals of Paganism in Christian Medieval Iceland as Evidenced by the Icelandic Family Sagas
… the subsequent impact of Christianity on Icelandic society, and made possible the survival of numerous pagan practices and values. Contemporary literary sources, especially the Icelandic Family sagas, not only cover the conversion of Iceland, the ensuing conflicts and tensions between …
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An Investigation of Advice Giving in the Íslendingasögur
… and alter relationships. It argues that Icelandic society as depicted in these sagas benefits from advice-giving norms, which can facilitate peacekeeping, alliance and even authority. Ascertaining a medieval Icelandic literary definition of advice allows for the systematic and rigorous …
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Gender and Genre in Medieval Chivalric Rímur
… of continental chivalric romances on medieval Icelandic and Norwegian literature had a profound effect on discourses of gender in Norse texts, reflected in the wave of romance translations and original romances created over the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. This thesis looks at how these …
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Boundaries of the Human: Identities, Ontologies and Transformations in Old Norse Literature
… drawing on a variety of sources, from saga literature, mythological narrative and traditional poetics (eddic and skaldic) to legal compilations and religious works. Using three theoretical frameworks (critical posthumanism, new materialism and disability studies), I analyse how different …