Primærlitteratur / Primary literature:
Njáls saga. Ch. 105 in original language, the rest of the saga may be read in a proper translation. (English: Robert Cook in The Complete sagas of Icelanders, Reykjavík, 1997. Norwegian: Jon G. Jørgensen in Thorleif Dahls kulturbibliotek, 2018 or Jan Ragnar Hagland in Islendingesagaene. Reykjavik 2014)
(250 s)
Íslendingabók, Ares Isländerbuch, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Halle, 1923 1. Ch. 7 (pp. 23-17) in original language (IF), the rest in translation. 10 p (K)
Gísla Saga Surssonar. Nordisk filologi, ed. Agnete Loth. Ch. 13 (The killing of Vésteinn), ch. 16 (The killing of Thorgrim), ch. 19 (Gísli quotes a poem about his sister). Íslenzk Fornrit (In original language. Students who have not read Gísla saga at the course NFI1320 read the whole saga in translation. 100 p. (K)
From Egils saga Íslenzk fornrit 2, Ch 60-62; ch. 79 (K)
From Eyrbyggja saga Íslenzk fornrit 4. Ch. 12. (K)
From Ágrip, Íslenzk fornrit 29, ch 12-13 (Karkr and Earl Hakon) (K)
From Fagrskinna, Íslenzk fornrit 29, ch. 22, s. 139.3-141.4 (K)
From Heimskringla, Íslenzk fornrit 26, Olav Tryggvasons saga, ch. 48-49 (K)
Bósa saga kap 1-2 in original language (Ed. Guðni Jónsson). The rest of the saga can be read in translation. 20 p (K)
Friðþjófs saga frækna. Ch. 1 in original language (ed. Guðni Jónsson), The rest of the saga can be read in translation. 16 p (K)
Reginsmál, Íslenzk fornrit 6 p (K)
(Vi trykker ikke hele sagaer i kompendiun, bare utdragene)
Sekundærlitteratur / Secondary literature
Obligatorisk / Obligatoric
Andersson, Theodore M. “From Tradition to Literature in Sagas”. In Else Mundal and Jonas Wellendorf (Eds.). Oral Art Forms and their Passage into Writing. Museum Tusculanum Presss. Copenhagen 2008, pp 7–18. 11 p. (K)
Andersson, Theodore M. 2006. The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280). Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Pp. 1–20.19 p. (K)
Clover, Carol J. The Medieval saga. Introduction, Ch. 1.Cornell Univ. Press. Ithaca and London, 1982. pp. 13–60 [The rest of the book can be read as optional syllabus]. 47 p. (K)
Ross, Margaret Clunies. “Verse and Prose in Egils saga Skallagrímssonar”. Judy Quinn and Emily Lethbridge (eds). Studies in Northern Civilisation. Viking Collection 18. Odense, 2010, pp. 191–212. 21 p. (K)
Hermann, Pernille. “Key Aspects of Memory and Remembering in Old Norse –Icelandic Literature”. In: EPernille Hermann &al Pernille Hermann &al. Minni and Muninn : Memory in Medieval Nordic Culture, Brepols. Turnhout, 2014, pp.13–40. 27 p. (K)
Jónas Kristjánsson. “The Roots of the Sagas”. In Þórður Ingi Guðjónsson (ed.) Sagnalíf : Sextán greinar um fornar bókmenntir. Stofnun Arna Magnússonar. Reykjavík, 2015, pp. 181–199. 18 p. (K)
Jørgensen, Jon Gunnar. “Code of honour under debate in two Icelandic sagas”. In Aasta Marie Bjorvand Bjørkøy and Thorstein Norheim (eds). Literature and Honour. Universitetsforlaget, 2017, pp 37–56. [Fritt tilgjengelig på Idun (Open access): <https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/59902>] 19 p.
Lönnroth, Lars. “Christianity, Revenge and Reconcilation in Njáls saga”. In Lars Lønnroth: The Academy of Odin : Selected papers on Old Norse literature, Viking Collection 19. Odense 2011, pp. 179–187. 8 p. (K)
Meulengracht Sørensen, Preben. “Murder in a marital bed. An attempt to understand a crucial scene in Gísla saga Surssonar”. In P.M. Sørensen: At fortælle Historien. Hesperides. Letterature culture occidental, XVI. Trieste, 2001, pp. 37-59. 22 p. (K)
Meulengracht Sørensen, Preben. “Starkaðr, Loki and Egill Skallagrímsson”. In P.M. Sørensen: At fortælle Historien. Hesperides. Letterature culture occidental, XVI. Trieste, 2001, pp. 27-36. 10 p. (K)
Mundal, Else. “Modes of Authorship and Types of Text in Old Norse Literature”. In Slavica Rancović &al. (eds.). Modes of Authorship in the Middle Ages. Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. Toronto 2012, pp 211–227. 26 p. (K)
Nordal, Guðrún. “The Dialogue between Audience and Text: The Variants in Verse Citations in Njáls saga’s Manuscripts”. In Else Mundal and Jonas Wellendorf (Eds.). Oral Art Forms and their Passage into Writing. Museum Tusculanum Presss. Copenhagen 2008, pp 185–202. 17 p. (K)
Sverrir Tómasson. “Hǫfundur – Skáld: Author, Compiler, and Scribe in Old Norse Literature.” In Slavica Rancović &al. (eds.). Modes of Authorship in the Middle Ages. Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. Toronto 2012, pp 236–250. 14 p. (K)
Þórir Óskarsson. “Rhetoric and Style”. A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture. Ch. 20, pp. 354–371. 17 p. (K)
Vésteinn Ólason. “Family Sagas” in Rory McTurk (ed.). A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture. Ch. 6, pp. 101–118. 17 p. (K)
Vésteinn Ólason. Dialogues with the Viking Age : Narration and Representation in the Sagas of the Icelanders. Heimskringla. Reykjavik 1998. Chapter 2, 63-131. 68 p. (K)
Obl: 354 s.
(K) - indikerer at det finnes i kompendie, som kan kjøpes fra kopiutsalget hos Akademika.
Valgfritt pensum / Optional [IKKE I KOMPENDIUM] (150 sider)
Andersson, Theodore M. The Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200–1250). Islandica, vol. 55. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2012, Pp. 1–82. 81 p
Andersson. The Icelandic Family Saga. IthC, 1967.
Carol Clover. The Medieval saga. Introduction, Ch. 1.Cornell Univ. Press. Ithaca and London, 1982.
Jørgensen, Jon Gunnar. “Bósi hét son þeirra” I Freyjas psalter. En psalter i 40 afdelinger til brug for Jonna Louis-Jensen, Det arnamagnæanske Institut, København, 1997.
Meulengracht Sørensen, Preben. “Murder in a marital bed. An attempt to understand a crucial scene in Gísla saga Surssonar”. In P.M. Sørensen: At fortælle Historien. Hesperides. Letterature culture occidental, XVI. Trieste, 2001, (resten av boka eller et utvalg)
Mundal, Else. Sagadebatt. Oslo, 1977.
Sävborg, Daniel. “Konfliktlösning och religion i Njáls saga”. In Gripla, 25 (2014), s 251-257. (Fritt tilgjengelig på Academia.edu: https://www.academia.edu/17035777/Konfliktl%C3%B6sning_och_religion_i_Nj%C3%A1ls_saga._Slutreplik_till_Lars_L%C3%B6nnroth 7 sider
Steblin Kamenskij Saga Mind
Torfi Tulinius
Vésteinn Ólason. Dialogues with the Viking Age : Narration and Representation in the Sagas of the Icelanders. Heimskringla. Reykjavik 1998. (resten av boka eller et utvalg)