IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1745: Rímur: On the Borders of Orality and Literacy
Thursday 9 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Teresa Dröfn Freysdóttir Njarðvík, Faculty of Icelandic & Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík / Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Katarzyna Anna Kapitan, Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Københavns Universitet |
| Paper 1745-a | From Prose to Verse and Back Again (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality, Performance Arts - General |
| Paper 1745-b | Ölvis rímur sterka: Oral Aspects of Rímur Transmission (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality, Performance Arts - General |
| Paper 1745-c | Performative Features and Styles in Medieval Rímur (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality, Performance Arts - General |
| Paper 1745-d | The Language of Kraftaskáld Magic in the Rímur Forms (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality, Performance Arts - General |
| Abstract | This four paper session will focus on the Icelandic rímur tradition, as a tradition standing at the borders of orality and litaracy. The papers in the session will explore how the material preserved in rímur form tends to flow between mediums, from prose to poetry and back, how rímur were transmitted and preserved in oral tradition, how performative features and styles have set its mark upon the tradition, and in what way language use in sorcerous rímur augment their effectiveness. |