Bolli‘s tragic destiny: Why the questions left open in Laxdaela saga make the story a good vehicle of moral education

• Main Author: Harðarson, Atli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2018
• Subjects: Laxdæla saga; The Saga of the People of Laxárdalur; teaching literature in primary and secondary schools; moral education; moral vocabulary; moral virtues; bókmenntakennsla í grunn- og framhaldsskólum; siðferðilegt uppeldi; opnar spurningar; Laxárdalur; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3077

The Saga of the People of Laxárdalur takes place over a time span of almost one and a half century from about 890 till 1130. It tells the story of the first settlers in the district of Dalir in West-Iceland and their descendants for about seven generations.This book, called Laxdæla saga in Icelandic...