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[[Njála,_088|Chapter 88]]: '''vingott væri með þeim Hallgerði''': "By putting Hrapp in this sneaky way into Hallgerd's bed, the author is inviting us to see exactly what Hrapp's function is in the saga; he is there to fill out the portrait of Gunnar, …. Hrapp also fills Gunnar's symbolic space when he makes it to a ship in the nick of time about the embark for Norway, Hrapp leaving, like Gunnar should have, to escape outlawry." (p. 155). | |||
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Revision as of 11:34, 15 June 2016
- Author: Miller, William Ian
- Title: The Atlantic Interlude and Hrapp: Chapters 82–9
- Published in: Why Is Your Axe Bloody?: A Reading of Njáls Saga
- Place, Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 153-56
- E-text:
- Reference: Miller, William Ian. Why Is Your Axe Bloody?: A Reading of Njáls Saga. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Annotation
This chapter looks at how the author stalls the action by moving the plot of to the Njálssynir and Þráinn‘s adventures abroad. Miller then goes into a character analysis of Hrappr, and posits that he represents a substitute for Gunnar.
Lýsing
Í kaflanum er litið á hvernig höfundur sögunnar tefur framvinduna með því að færa sjónarhornið yfir á utanför Þráins og Njálssona. Eftir það greinir Miller persónu Hrapps og kemst að þeirri niðurstöðu að hann sé staðgengill Gunnars.
See also
- Miller, William Ian. Why is Your Axe Bloody?
- Miller, William Ian. Njála’s Unity Problem and the Very Beginning: Chapter 1
- Miller, William Ian. Marriage Formation and Dissolution: Chapters 2–34
- Miller, William Ian. Making a Scene: Chapters 34–5, 48
- Miller, William Ian. Looking Forward: Njal’s Prescience: Chapters 22–3
- Miller, William Ian. Bergthora vs. Hallgerd, Part I. The Theory: Chapters 35–45
- Miller, William Ian. Bergthora vs. Hallgerd, Part II: Some Facts
- Miller, William Ian. Otkel vs. Gunnar: Chapters 46–56
- Miller, William Ian. Gunnar vs. the Thrihyrning People: Chapters 57–66
- Miller, William Ian. The Two Thorgeirs and Death of Gunnar: Chapters 67–77
- Miller, William Ian. Revenge for Gunnar: Chapters 77–81
- Miller, William Ian. Setting up Thrain: Chapters 90–2
- Miller, William Ian. A Tale of Two Hoskulds: Chapters 93–9
- Miller, William Ian. Conversion and the Genius of the Law: Chapters 100–6
- Miller, William Ian. Valgard ‘the Wise’ and Hoskuld’s Blood: Chapters 107–16
- Miller, William Ian. Skarphedin Ascendans, Flosi’s Ninth Nights: Chapters 117–23
- Miller, William Ian. The Burning: Chapters 124–32
- Miller, William Ian. Preparation for the Next Althing: Chapters 132–7
- Miller, William Ian. The Trial of Flosi and the Battle: Chapters 135, 141–5
- Miller, William Ian. Kari and Friends: Chapters 145–55
- Miller, William Ian. How Not to End a Saga, Unless...: Chapters 146–59
- Miller, William Ian. A Conclusion: Justice and Exits
References
Chapter 88: vingott væri með þeim Hallgerði: "By putting Hrapp in this sneaky way into Hallgerd's bed, the author is inviting us to see exactly what Hrapp's function is in the saga; he is there to fill out the portrait of Gunnar, …. Hrapp also fills Gunnar's symbolic space when he makes it to a ship in the nick of time about the embark for Norway, Hrapp leaving, like Gunnar should have, to escape outlawry." (p. 155).
Links
- Written by: Yoav Tirosh
- Icelandic translation: Andri M. Kristjánsson
