The Chronotopes of Íslendinga saga: Narrativizations of History in Thirteenth-Century Iceland.

A literary criticism of the book "Íslendinga saga" by Sturla Póroarson is presented. A biographical chronotope is examined which is identified by definition in space and a definition of time through events and localization in space. Also discussed are medieval Icelandic spatial concepts, the book's...

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Publicado en:Scandinavian Studies Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 351 - 375
Autor principal: Rohrbach, Lena
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press Fall2017
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Sumario:A literary criticism of the book "Íslendinga saga" by Sturla Póroarson is presented. A biographical chronotope is examined which is identified by definition in space and a definition of time through events and localization in space. Also discussed are medieval Icelandic spatial concepts, the book's narration of history in space, and conceptualizations of history as influenced by Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the chronotope.