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Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga - Meanings of Time in Old Norse Literature (Hardcover)
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Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga - Meanings of Time in Old Norse Literature (Hardcover)
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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.
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