Dreamworlds, Storyworlds: Narrative Proliferation and the Case of Stjörnu-Odda draumr

All texts, all narratives project storyworlds, and the medieval Icelandic sagas and paettir are no exception to this rule. Thus, people learn that this world is "overwhelmingly male dominated," defined by "feuding and vengeance," and "stratified by class, age, economic posit...

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Published in:Journal of English and Germanic philology 2022-01, Vol.121 (1), p.6-33
Main Author: Merkelbach, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Criticism and interpretation
Dreams
Economics
Epic literature
Gender
Historical text analysis
Icelandic literature
Languages
Literature
Males
Manuscripts, Icelandic and Old Norse
Medieval literature
Medieval Studies
Narratives
Patriarchy
Portrayals
Social classes
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Summary:All texts, all narratives project storyworlds, and the medieval Icelandic sagas and paettir are no exception to this rule. Thus, people learn that this world is "overwhelmingly male dominated," defined by "feuding and vengeance," and "stratified by class, age, economic position, and gender": in short, a world "in which individuals confront one another." Moreover, this world has been tied to the idea of the immanent whole, with Emily Lethbridge writing that the Íslendingasögur are conceptualized not "as discrete entities but rather as flexible and often overlapping constituent parts of a bigger whole or narrative world, the immanent saga world."
ISSN:0363-6941
1945-662X
DOI:10.5406/1945662X.121.1.02