The Language of Feeling in Njáls saga and Egils saga : Construction of an Emotional Lexis
2020
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Elektronische Ressource
Even though scholars have often maintained that the Old Norse Íslendingasögur (Sagas of Icelanders) are poor in emotional vocabulary, the emotion words in them have not been comprehensively explored. In this essay, I explain my construction of database of the words used to express feelings in two of the longest sagas, Njáls saga and Egils saga. The method used enabled the plotting of various variables, such as character, gender, social status, and speaker, against one another. This uncovered narrative patterns and formulas for action, as well as allowing the identification of anomalies and the production of the first lexicons of the two sagas’ emotional vocabulary. The results demonstrate that, contrary to what has often been assumed, the sagas contain a wide variety of emotion words that are applied systematically, precisely, and purposefully to achieve specific narrative aims.
https://doi.org/10.33063/diva-429319
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The Language of Feeling in Njáls saga and Egils saga : Construction of an Emotional Lexis
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Veröffentlichung: | 2020 |
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DOI: | 10.33063.diva-429319 |
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