The Multiple Facets of Time: Reckoning, Representing, and Understanding Time in Medieval Iceland

• Main Author: Ceolin, Martina
• Other Authors: Torfi H. Tulinius, Íslensku- og menningardeild (HÍ), Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies (UI), Hugvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Humanities (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies 2020
• Subjects: Time; Old Icelandic Literature; Íslendingabók; Íslendingasögur; Eyrbyggja saga; Laxdæla saga; Miðaldabókmenntir; Doktorsritgerðir; Ari; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1914

This work investigates the multivalent and dynamic portrayal of time in a selection of early Old Icelandic texts from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The main objective is to map out the representations of time in terms of the patterns conveyed, and to examine how the authors configured time t...