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Literary prerequisites for Egils saga. By Bjarni Einarsson.
Literary Prerequisites for Egils Saga is Bjarni Einarsson's doctoral thesis on Egils Saga, which he defended at the University of Oslo in 1971. As the title suggests and the author describes in more detail in the preface, this is a study of the written sources and models for Egils Saga.
Bjarni seeks to find the saga's rightful place in the development of Icelandic literature, and also looks at the saga's working methods, his mission and art. In the first part of the book, Bjarni compares Egilssaga with other historical sources that touch on its subject, and in particular the Landnámabók and the Konungasógur. In the second part, he discusses Egil's connection to three sagas that he believes have had the greatest influence on her, which are the Jómsvíkingasaga, the Þingasaga and the Orkneyingasaga. In the third part of the book, Bjarni explores the saga's connection to two other "poetic sagas", the Hallfred saga and the Kormáks saga. Finally, an appendix discusses two significant events in Egil's life: the Battle of Vínheiður and the Vermalandsförina.
It should be noted that Bjarni considers the poetry that Egil and others are put into the mouths of in the saga to be an integral part of the art of the saga, whatever one may believe about the genesis of verses or poems in an individual case. Scholars have, as is well known, disagreed greatly about the age and paternity of the verses. Bjarni has avoided discussing individual verses or poems from that perspective, but hopes that his suggestions about the content of important chapters in the saga can form the basis for new discussions about the possible use of oral tradition and orally preserved poetry from earlier times by the saga writer. (From the Árnastofnun website)
Literary Prerequisites for Egils Saga is Bjarni Einarsson's doctoral thesis on Egils Saga, which he defended at the University of Oslo in 1971. As the title suggests and the author describes in more detail in the preface, this is a study of the written sources and models for Egils Saga.
Bjarni seeks to find the saga's rightful place in the development of Icelandic literature, and also looks at the saga's working methods, his mission and art. In the first part of the book, Bjarni compares Egilssaga with other historical sources that touch on its subject, and in particular the Landnámabók and the Konungasógur. In the second part, he discusses Egil's connection to three sagas that he believes have had the greatest influence on her, which are the Jómsvíkingasaga, the Þingasaga and the Orkneyingasaga. In the third part of the book, Bjarni explores the saga's connection to two other "poetic sagas", the Hallfred saga and the Kormáks saga. Finally, an appendix discusses two significant events in Egil's life: the Battle of Vínheiður and the Vermalandsförina.
It should be noted that Bjarni considers the poetry that Egil and others are put into the mouths of in the saga to be an integral part of the art of the saga, whatever one may believe about the genesis of verses or poems in an individual case. Scholars have, as is well known, disagreed greatly about the age and paternity of the verses. Bjarni has avoided discussing individual verses or poems from that perspective, but hopes that his suggestions about the content of important chapters in the saga can form the basis for new discussions about the possible use of oral tradition and orally preserved poetry from earlier times by the saga writer. (From the Árnastofnun website)