IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1022: Rímur: On the Borders of Orality and Literacy
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 09.00-10.30
| 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 1022-a | Ölvis Rímur sterka: Oral aspects of Rímur Transmission (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 1022-b | Performative Features and Styles in Medieval Rímur (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 1022-c | Language and Metre of Kraftaskáld Magic in the Rímur Form (Language: English) Index terms: Folk Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
| Abstract | This three 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. |