Byock, Jesse L.. Some thoughts on Egils saga and social memory
- Author: Byock, Jesse L.
- Title: Some thoughts on Egils saga and social memory
- Published in: Vörðuvoð ofin Helga Þorlákssyni, fimmtugum 8. ágúst 1995
- Editor: Sigurgeir Steingrímsson
- Place, Publisher: Reykjavík: Menningar- og minningarsjóður Mette Magnussen
- Year: 1995
- Pages: 13-14
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- Reference: Byock, Jesse L. "Some thoughts on Egils saga and social memory." Vöruvoð ofin Helga Þorlákssyni, fimmtugum 8. ágúst 1995, pp. 13–14. Ed. Sigurgeir Steingrímsson. Reykjavík: Menningar- og minningarsjóður Mette Magnussen, 1995.
- Key words: social reality (samfélagsmynd)
Contents |
Annotation
The cultural context of Egils saga and the “social memory” at work in its depiction of emigration from Norway to Iceland and the events that precipitated it.
Lýsing
Í greininni fjallar Byock um menningarlegt samhengi Egils sögu "félagslegt minni" sem er að verki í lýsingu á innflytjendum sem halda frá Noregi til Íslands og þeim viðburðum sem fylgja í kjölfarið.
See also
References
Chapter 25: þótti þeim það fýsilegt að leita til Íslands: „In the Norwegian mother country, a state came into being, claiming the monopoly of the violence and the coercive use of the force by the country´s overlord. In Iceland, Norwegian emigrant families find breathing room in a society that rejects overlordship and royal monopoly of violence. The surely exaggerated memory of these contrastive developments structures a significant part of the saga´s action. The difference between Iceland and societies under the rule of princes, such as Norway and England, flows through the medieval text as a unifying undercurrent, contributing to the crucial dichotomy between the characters of light and dark brothers. “ (s. 14)==Links==
- Written by: Katelin Parsons
- Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason
