Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’

Medieval Icelandic sagas include the so-called ‘post-classical’ or ‘late’ Íslendingasögur (Sagas of Icelanders), a group of fourteenth-century texts that are compelling and innovative, as they challenge narrative conventions, especially from the point of view of genre. However, modern and contemp...

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Main Author: Ceolin, Martina
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Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2025-05-01
Series:Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Occidentale
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2025/13/001
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description Medieval Icelandic sagas include the so-called ‘post-classical’ or ‘late’ Íslendingasögur (Sagas of Icelanders), a group of fourteenth-century texts that are compelling and innovative, as they challenge narrative conventions, especially from the point of view of genre. However, modern and contemporary critics have often judged them negatively, for example as extravagant or poorly crafted – if they have not ignored them altogether. Taking as an example Finnboga saga ramma (Saga of Finnbogi the Strong), this contribution aims to redress such views and demonstrate how these texts are, instead, the fruit of careful and innovative work by their authors, which deserves to be appreciated and, primarily, to be truly considered by scholars.
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spelling doaj-art-712d376b6dcd4e108173a0e8eeabbc032025-08-20T03:14:29ZdeuFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Occidentale2499-15622025-05-0159210.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2025/13/001journal_article_22596Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’Ceolin, Martina0Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia Medieval Icelandic sagas include the so-called ‘post-classical’ or ‘late’ Íslendingasögur (Sagas of Icelanders), a group of fourteenth-century texts that are compelling and innovative, as they challenge narrative conventions, especially from the point of view of genre. However, modern and contemporary critics have often judged them negatively, for example as extravagant or poorly crafted – if they have not ignored them altogether. Taking as an example Finnboga saga ramma (Saga of Finnbogi the Strong), this contribution aims to redress such views and demonstrate how these texts are, instead, the fruit of careful and innovative work by their authors, which deserves to be appreciated and, primarily, to be truly considered by scholars. http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2025/13/001Finnboga saga ramma. Genre. Medieval Icelandic literature. Íslendingasögur. ‘Post-Classical’ Íslendingasögur
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Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’
Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Occidentale
Finnboga saga ramma. Genre. Medieval Icelandic literature. Íslendingasögur. ‘Post-Classical’ Íslendingasögur
title Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’
title_full Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’
title_fullStr Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’
title_full_unstemmed Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’
title_short Testi screditati, testi accantonati. Per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi ‘post-classiche’ o ‘recenziori’
title_sort testi screditati testi accantonati per una rilettura delle saghe degli islandesi post classiche o recenziori
topic Finnboga saga ramma. Genre. Medieval Icelandic literature. Íslendingasögur. ‘Post-Classical’ Íslendingasögur
url http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2025/13/001
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