title: ‘HUNGRVAKA’: ON THE WAY FROM THE SAGA TO THE CHRONICLE AND HAGIOGRAPHY?
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metadata.value: Gvozdetskaya, Natalya
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-07-15T19:20:00Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-07-15T19:20:00Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu21.2016.211
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/6806
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper deals with some generic characteristics of Hungrvaka, a 13th c. monument
  of Old Icelandic literature, which describes the lives of the first local bishops of
  Iceland. The author discusses some features of composition, narration and language
  which make this work close to family sagas, medieval chronicles and lives of Christian
  saints — genealogies, chronology, the annalistic list of secular and Church leaders, the
  bishops’ gesta, their portrait characteristics, miracles and omens. Despite the presence
  of some signs of foreign genres, in general this work remains within the poetics of
  family saga. The closeness to the family saga is found in genealogies and detailed description
  of the family ties that bind bishops to the epoch of the settlement of Iceland.
  Skalaholt, the first episcopal see in Iceland, is presented as a religious center, endowed
  with sacred significance; in its description we hear echoes of mythological notions of
  an ideal prototype of things. In accordance with family saga stereotypes are constructed
  the ‘portrait’ characteristics of bishops which correspond to the ideal image of höfðingi,
  a representative of the local nobility. It is only the portrait of Þorlákr Runólfsson (a prototype
  of Þorlákr Þorhallsson, the first national saint of Iceland) that fully meets the
  hagiographic canon. However, the secular behavior of the bishop may be combined in
  the story with his ascetic way of life or be interpreted in a Christian spirit. The anonymous
  author seeks to paint a picture of national consensus under the auspices of the
  Church, pushing into the background the war as the spring of action that leads to the
  generic transformation of the family saga. Death, accompanied by suffering and wonders,
  clarifies the meaning of the earthly ministry of the bishop. Its description contains
  predominantly hagiographical topoi, but sometimes also conveys the realistic details
  of everyday life. The death of every Icelandic bishop is correlated with the death of his
  contemporaries abroad, both the Church hierarchs and secular rulers. Noticeable is
  also the author’s desire to draw parallels between his characters and significant figures
  in world history.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Scandinavian Philology;Volume 14; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sagas of Icelanders
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: medieval literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: chronicle
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: hagiography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Hungrvaka
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Christianization of Iceland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: ‘HUNGRVAKA’: ON THE WAY FROM THE SAGA TO THE CHRONICLE AND HAGIOGRAPHY?
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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