Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas

The Icelandic sagas can be read and interpreted in many ways. This article examines the sagas both as literary expressions of a longstanding oral tradition and as part of a collective and cultural memory. The focus in the first part is on people and places in the sagas as "realms of memory"...

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Main Author: Jørgensen, Michael Riber
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Novus forlag 2010
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Iceland
Online Access:http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/123
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spelling ftnovusforlagojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/123 2023-05-15T16:48:28+02:00 Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas Jørgensen, Michael Riber 2010-11-28 http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/123 unknown Novus forlag http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/123/122 http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/123 Opphavsrett 2015 Collegium Medievale Collegium Medievale; Vol. 23 (2010) Collegium Medievale; Vol 23 (2010) 2387-6700 0801-9282 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2010 ftnovusforlagojs 2022-04-29T11:26:13Z The Icelandic sagas can be read and interpreted in many ways. This article examines the sagas both as literary expressions of a longstanding oral tradition and as part of a collective and cultural memory. The focus in the first part is on people and places in the sagas as "realms of memory": things that help construct a common past and a common identity. The second part of the article explores the role of the sagas in medieval Iceland as "key myths" that explain the origin and uniqueness of a society, and as moral and legal role models legitimizing the current social order. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Novus - Online tidsskrifter (Novus forlag)
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description The Icelandic sagas can be read and interpreted in many ways. This article examines the sagas both as literary expressions of a longstanding oral tradition and as part of a collective and cultural memory. The focus in the first part is on people and places in the sagas as "realms of memory": things that help construct a common past and a common identity. The second part of the article explores the role of the sagas in medieval Iceland as "key myths" that explain the origin and uniqueness of a society, and as moral and legal role models legitimizing the current social order.
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author Jørgensen, Michael Riber
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title Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas
title_short Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas
title_full Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas
title_fullStr Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas
title_full_unstemmed Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas
title_sort constructing history: the use of the past as a model for the present in the icelandic sagas
publisher Novus forlag
publishDate 2010
url http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/123
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op_source Collegium Medievale; Vol. 23 (2010)
Collegium Medievale; Vol 23 (2010)
2387-6700
0801-9282
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