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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''
The Proceedings of the Symposium to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Old Norse at the
* '''Editors''': Katrina Burge, and John Stanley Martin
University of Melbourne, 14th May 1994
* '''Place, Publisher''': Melbourne: University of Melbourne,  
* '''Place, Publisher''': University of Melbourne, Katrina Burge (ed.), John Stanley Martin
(general ed.)
* '''Year''': 1995
* '''Year''': 1995
* '''Pages''': 115-126
* '''Pages''': 115-26
* '''E-text''':  
* '''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,'' p. 115-126, Melbourne: Dept. Of Germanic and Russian Studies, University of Melbourne, 1995.
* '''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''': semantics, Hlíðarendi, Gunnar's return, outlawry, word-order analysis, metaphor
* '''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 “Patterns in ''Njáls saga''” (''SagaBook
This article is a complementary approach to Ian Maxwell's "Patterns in 'Njáls saga'" with a narrow focus on a small section of
of the Viking Society'', London, 1957-1961) 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.  
the saga, namely the 6 lines enclosing Gunnar's decision to return to his homestead at
Hlíðarendi in spite of his sentence of outlawry (ch.75: 182, lines 116-122). The author
states that this famous section had 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, a no-win he had been backed into repeatedly
in the same way as Njál and Skarpheðinn had been. However, this tragic position is
precisely what allows these characters to enter ''into the saga'', and not being out of it as others
non-memorable characters.  


==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==  


[https://wikisaga.hi.is/index.php?title=Nj%C3%A1la,_054 Chapter 54] '''“Gunnar [...] stakk niðr atgeirinum ok varp sér í söðulinn [...]”''' “...the clang of
[[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).
battle in this scene echoes with the deeper, although more distant reverberation of an
almost identical image from an earlier scene in the saga [...] The similarity is unmistakable”
p.199
 
Chapter 54 “We are asked to remember what Gunnar was thinking about at the end of that
fateful ride, the ride that encompassed what Njál called “the beginning of [Gunnar's]
manslayings,” and in particular, the still unanswered question that Gunnar ut to Kolskegg:
“I would like to know [...] whether I am more cowardly than others because I think more
of killing men than they do”. p.122-123
 
[https://wikisaga.hi.is/index.php?title=Nj%C3%A1la,_075 Chapter 75]: '''“Hann stingr niðr... ok fara hvergi”''': “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” p. 117-118


==Links==
==Links==


* ''Written by:'' Marion Poilvez   
* ''Written by:'' Marion Poilvez   
* ''Icelandic/English translation:''  
* ''Icelandic translation:'' Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir


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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
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