Punching Up – Punching Down: Humor as a Tool of Subversion in the Íslendingasögur

• Main Author: Ireland-Delfs, Thomas, 1950-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Víkinga- og miðaldafræði; Fyndni; Íslendingasögur; Íslendingaþættir; Veita; Rata; Engan; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/35190

Humor is, without question, an intrinsic part of the þættir and sagas of medieval Iceland. Many of the sagas and þættir have humorous moments, ranging from physical humor to ironic comments to insulting verses. The humorous incidents that are chosen by the authors of the sagas and þættir reflect bot...