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* '''Author''': George Howson | * '''Author''': George Howson | ||
* '''Title''': The Death of Gunnar. A tribute to Ian Ramsay Maxwell. | * '''Title''': The Death of Gunnar. A tribute to Ian Ramsay Maxwell. | ||
* '''Published in''': Treasures of the Elder Tongue, fifty years of Old Norse in Melbourne | * '''Published in''': ''Treasures of the Elder Tongue, fifty years of Old Norse in Melbourne'' | ||
* '''Editors''': Katrina Burge, and John Stanley Martin | |||
* '''Place, Publisher''': Melbourne: University of Melbourne, | |||
* '''Place, Publisher''': University of Melbourne, | |||
* '''Year''': 1995 | * '''Year''': 1995 | ||
* '''Pages''': 115- | * '''Pages''': 115-26 | ||
* '''E-text''': | * '''E-text''': | ||
* '''Reference''': Howson, George. “The Death of Gunnar: A Tribute to Ian Ramsay | * '''Reference''': Howson, George. “The Death of Gunnar: A Tribute to Ian Ramsay Maxwell.” In ''Treasures of the Elder Tongue, fifty years of Old Norse in Melbourne, The Proceedings of the Symposium to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Old Norse at the University of Melbourne, 14th May 1994.'' Ed. Katrina Burge and John Stanley Martin, pp. 115-126, Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 1995. | ||
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* '''Key words''': | * '''Key words''': literary elements, narrative technique, language and style (bókmenntaleg einkenni, frásagnaraðferð, mál og stíll) | ||
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==Annotation== | ==Annotation== | ||
This article is a complementary approach to Ian Maxwell's | This article is a complementary approach to Ian Maxwell's "Patterns in 'Njáls saga'" with a narrow focus on a small section of | ||
the saga, namely the six lines enclosing Gunnar's decision to return to his homestead at | the saga, namely the six lines enclosing Gunnar's decision to return to his homestead at Hlíðarendi in spite of his sentence of outlawry. The author states that this famous section has been misunderstood, and argues, through a close analysis of semantics and word-order, that the scene of Gunnar's getting on his horse is a metaphor of his inner battle and frustration. | ||
Hlíðarendi in spite of his sentence of outlawry | |||
states that this famous section | |||
analysis of semantics and word-order, that the scene of Gunnar's getting on his horse is a | |||
metaphor of his inner battle and frustration | |||
==Lýsing== | ==Lýsing== | ||
Þessi grein er eins konar viðauki við grein Ians Maxwell, „Patterns in 'Njáls saga'“ og hnitast um örstuttan kafla í sögunni, þ.e. sex línur kringum þá ákvörðun Gunnars að snúa aftur heim að Hlíðarenda í trássi við útlegðardóm sinn. Höfundur heldur því fram að þessi frægi kafli hafi verið misskilinn og sýnir, með merkingarfræðilegri greiningu og því að rýna í orðaröð, að senan þar sem Gunnar snýr aftur sé myndhverfing hans innri baráttu. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Maxwell, Ian Ramsay, “Patterns in Njáls saga”, ''Saga-Book of the Viking Society'' | * Maxwell, Ian Ramsay, “Patterns in Njáls saga”, ''Saga-Book of the Viking Society''. London: 1957-1961. | ||
London: 1957-1961. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[ | [[Njála,_075|Chapter 75]]: : '''stingur niður atgeirinum''': “Inlaid this renowned episode lies an insight into the pattern of the inner life of Gunnar's character, and of the dilemma he faces in the saga” (pp. 117-18). | ||
into the pattern of the inner life of Gunnar's character, and of the dilemma he faces in the | |||
saga” | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* ''Written by:'' Marion Poilvez | * ''Written by:'' Marion Poilvez | ||
* ''Icelandic | * ''Icelandic translation:'' Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir | ||
[[Category:Njáls saga]][[Category:Njáls saga:_Articles]][[Category:Authors]][[Category:All entries]] | [[Category:Njáls saga]][[Category:Njáls saga:_Articles]] | ||
[[Category:Literary elements]][[Category:Narrative technique]][[Category:Language and style]] | |||
[[Category:Authors]][[Category:All entries]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:13, 12 February 2016
- Author: George Howson
- Title: The Death of Gunnar. A tribute to Ian Ramsay Maxwell.
- Published in: Treasures of the Elder Tongue, fifty years of Old Norse in Melbourne
- Editors: Katrina Burge, and John Stanley Martin
- Place, Publisher: Melbourne: University of Melbourne,
- Year: 1995
- Pages: 115-26
- E-text:
- Reference: Howson, George. “The Death of Gunnar: A Tribute to Ian Ramsay Maxwell.” In Treasures of the Elder Tongue, fifty years of Old Norse in Melbourne, The Proceedings of the Symposium to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Old Norse at the University of Melbourne, 14th May 1994. Ed. Katrina Burge and John Stanley Martin, pp. 115-126, Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 1995.
- Key words: literary elements, narrative technique, language and style (bókmenntaleg einkenni, frásagnaraðferð, mál og stíll)
Annotation
This article is a complementary approach to Ian Maxwell's "Patterns in 'Njáls saga'" with a narrow focus on a small section of the saga, namely the six lines enclosing Gunnar's decision to return to his homestead at Hlíðarendi in spite of his sentence of outlawry. The author states that this famous section has been misunderstood, and argues, through a close analysis of semantics and word-order, that the scene of Gunnar's getting on his horse is a metaphor of his inner battle and frustration.
Lýsing
Þessi grein er eins konar viðauki við grein Ians Maxwell, „Patterns in 'Njáls saga'“ og hnitast um örstuttan kafla í sögunni, þ.e. sex línur kringum þá ákvörðun Gunnars að snúa aftur heim að Hlíðarenda í trássi við útlegðardóm sinn. Höfundur heldur því fram að þessi frægi kafli hafi verið misskilinn og sýnir, með merkingarfræðilegri greiningu og því að rýna í orðaröð, að senan þar sem Gunnar snýr aftur sé myndhverfing hans innri baráttu.
See also
- Maxwell, Ian Ramsay, “Patterns in Njáls saga”, Saga-Book of the Viking Society. London: 1957-1961.
References
Chapter 75: : stingur niður atgeirinum: “Inlaid this renowned episode lies an insight into the pattern of the inner life of Gunnar's character, and of the dilemma he faces in the saga” (pp. 117-18).
Links
- Written by: Marion Poilvez
- Icelandic translation: Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir
