Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur Helgason

The article deals with the particular case of reception of the "Sagas of Icelanders“ in modern Icelandic poetry. The plot of the poem "Maðr inn skammi“ (The Short Man) by Hallgrímur Helgason is based in the Chapter 66 of Egil's Saga, namely the fight of Egil and Atli the Short. This e...

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Main Author: Olga Markelova
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Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/8065
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description The article deals with the particular case of reception of the "Sagas of Icelanders“ in modern Icelandic poetry. The plot of the poem "Maðr inn skammi“ (The Short Man) by Hallgrímur Helgason is based in the Chapter 66 of Egil's Saga, namely the fight of Egil and Atli the Short. This episode is being detached form the original context of the saga and turns into an allegory of an encounter of an "ordinary person“ with the literary tradition, as it is not Egil himself, that takes part in the encounter, but the Saga of Egil. For a common person, like Atli in the poem, a tragic death is the only chance to get into a significant work of literature. In modern Icelandic poetry such a reception of interaction of a person with a signifiant text of culture is unique, as normally there are psycological motivations of the saga characters' deeds that prevail in modern literature based on Old Icelandic works. Still, Hallgrímur's perception is determined by the significance of the saga texts in modern Icelandic culture. The article is supplied by the translation of the poem into Russian, done specially for this publication.
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spelling doaj-art-ecb0b51b3f5e4db68d731e12c0b447092025-08-20T03:06:36ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология1991-64852409-48972023-12-0174744150http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturIII202374.41-502Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur HelgasonOlga Markelova0independent researcherThe article deals with the particular case of reception of the "Sagas of Icelanders“ in modern Icelandic poetry. The plot of the poem "Maðr inn skammi“ (The Short Man) by Hallgrímur Helgason is based in the Chapter 66 of Egil's Saga, namely the fight of Egil and Atli the Short. This episode is being detached form the original context of the saga and turns into an allegory of an encounter of an "ordinary person“ with the literary tradition, as it is not Egil himself, that takes part in the encounter, but the Saga of Egil. For a common person, like Atli in the poem, a tragic death is the only chance to get into a significant work of literature. In modern Icelandic poetry such a reception of interaction of a person with a signifiant text of culture is unique, as normally there are psycological motivations of the saga characters' deeds that prevail in modern literature based on Old Icelandic works. Still, Hallgrímur's perception is determined by the significance of the saga texts in modern Icelandic culture. The article is supplied by the translation of the poem into Russian, done specially for this publication.https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/8065modern icelandic literature icelandic poetry poetry of the 2010s reception of the old icelandic literature reception of the sagas of icelanders hallgrímur helgason text.современная исландская литература современная исландская поэзия рецепция древнеисландской литературы рецепция саг об исландцах сага об эгиле хатльгрим хельгасон текст
spellingShingle Olga Markelova
Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur Helgason
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология
modern icelandic literature
icelandic poetry
poetry of the 2010s
reception of the old icelandic literature
reception of the sagas of icelanders
hallgrímur helgason
text.
современная исландская литература
современная исландская поэзия
рецепция древнеисландской литературы
рецепция саг об исландцах
сага об эгиле
хатльгрим хельгасон
текст
title Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur Helgason
title_full Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur Helgason
title_fullStr Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur Helgason
title_full_unstemmed Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur Helgason
title_short Reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry: the poem "Maðr inn skammi" by Hallgrímur Helgason
title_sort reception of the sagas of icelanders in modern icelandic poetry the poem madr inn skammi by hallgrimur helgason
topic modern icelandic literature
icelandic poetry
poetry of the 2010s
reception of the old icelandic literature
reception of the sagas of icelanders
hallgrímur helgason
text.
современная исландская литература
современная исландская поэзия
рецепция древнеисландской литературы
рецепция саг об исландцах
сага об эгиле
хатльгрим хельгасон
текст
url https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/8065
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