Bjarni Einarsson. On the rôle of verse in saga-literature

• Author: Bjarni Einarsson
• Title: On the rôle of verse in saga-literature
• Published in: Medieval Scandinavia 7
• Place, Publisher: n/a
• Year: 1974
• Pages: 118-25
• E-text:
• Reference: Bjarni Einarsson. "On the rôle of verse in saga-literature." Medieval Scandinavia 7 (1974): 118-25.

---

• Key words: textual relations, intertextuality, poetry (rittengsl, textatengsl, kveðskapur)

Annotation

A study of the role of verse in sagas, particularly regarding how to determine whether verse serves as evidence for a particular saga or whether it is purely part of the narrative. Argues that the latter is true for Egils saga and the other Sagas of Icelanders.

Lýsing

Rannsókn á hlutverki kvæða í fornsögum og því hvernig best sé að greina hvort þau séu heimild fyrir frásögninni í tiltekinni sögu eða einfaldlega hluti frásagnarinnar. Bjarni heldur því fram að í Eglu og öðrum Íslendingasögum eigi hið síðarnefnda jafnan við.

Links

• Written by: Jane Appleton
• Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason