The 'Dámusta Saga' and French Romance
| Autor: | Margaret Schlauch |
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| Rok vydání: | 1937 |
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Cultural Studies
Literature Linguistics and Language Magic (illusion) History Literature and Literary Theory business.industry Comparative literature media_common.quotation_subject Romance Language and Linguistics language.human_language Preference Feeling language Element (criminal law) Icelandic business Lying media_common |
| Zdroj: | Modern Philology. 35:1-13 |
| ISSN: | 1545-6951 0026-8232 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/388275 |
| Popis: | MONG the more fantastic of the late Icelandic sagas which are so aptly termed lygisdgur ('lying tales') by the natives, none presents a stranger combination of incredible incidents than the Ddmusta saga Spekings i Grikklandi. Like so many others of the type, it shows a marked inclination toward the use of magic and the supernatural; the ordinary human feelings and simple, credible events, so admirably and memorably portrayed in the earlier Icelandic literature, are remote from it. Because of its preference for the fantastic and unreal, it (in common with others of its type) has received little attention from students of Icelandic literature; but it is precisely the supernatural element in it which gives it significance for the study of comparative literature and folk lore, despite its obvious literary weakness. |
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