Víga-Njáll: A New Approach Toward Njáls saga

Tirosh, Yoav

doi:10.1353/scd.2014.0015

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“…A similar argument, but not based on cognitive and psychological models, is proposed byTirosh (2014).Medieval Page-turners…”

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Medieval Page-turners: Interpreting Revenge in Njáls saga in Reykjabók (AM 468 4to) and Möðruvallabók (AM 132 fol.)

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Approaches to the Medieval Self

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The aim of this article is to investigate the initial programs in two manuscripts of Njáls saga, namely Reykjabók and Möðruvallabók, in order to evaluate whether the interpretation of the text may be conditioned by the mise en page of the manuscripts. The article focuses on the series of revenges prior to and following the killing of Hǫskuldr Hvítanessgoði and discusses whether the initial program helps explain these episodes by means of Christian ideology, or by means of the norms in an honor-based society, or by means of basic human psychology. The study shows how different meaning construction processes may be triggered to various degrees by the graphic structuring of medieval manuscripts. Stories of revenge and honor may thus be seen as medieval page-turners inviting and challenging the writing and reading selves to be creative in their writing and interpreting strategies.

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“…A similar argument, but not based on cognitive and psychological models, is proposed byTirosh (2014).Medieval Page-turners…”

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Medieval Page-turners: Interpreting Revenge in Njáls saga in Reykjabók (AM 468 4to) and Möðruvallabók (AM 132 fol.)

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„Wielu, co go widzi, nie wie, czy to chłop czy niewiasta”, czyli o (nie)męskości w staroislandzkiej Sadze o Egilu i Sadze o Njalu

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2018

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In this article, I discuss how masculinity is constructed in Old Icelandic Egils saga and Njáls saga through various kinds of unmanliness (impotence, lack of facial hair, baldness, effeminacy, cowardice, old age). Both sagas demonstrate the restrictiveness of gender roles in medieval Iceland and how men become their captives. The ideal of masculinity is so exaggerated that it becomes oppressive, because everything may be used against men. It leads to failed marriages and feuds. However, Egils saga’s and Njáls saga’s treatment of gender is critical.

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Víga-Njáll: A New Approach Toward Njáls saga

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Medieval Page-turners: Interpreting Revenge in Njáls saga in Reykjabók (AM 468 4to) and Möðruvallabók (AM 132 fol.)

Medieval Page-turners: Interpreting Revenge in Njáls saga in Reykjabók (AM 468 4to) and Möðruvallabók (AM 132 fol.)

„Wielu, co go widzi, nie wie, czy to chłop czy niewiasta”, czyli o (nie)męskości w staroislandzkiej Sadze o Egilu i Sadze o Njalu

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