Poetics of the Family Sagas: the Image of a Socially Non-Standard Character (from Troll to Skald)

Student: Ostapenko Sofia

Educational Programme: Comparative Studies: Russian Literature in Cross-cultural Perspective (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2018

This study is devoted to the formation of images of the troll, giant, werewolf, berserker, slave and skald in the "family sagas" and the changing picture of the world of medieval Icelanders from the time referred to in the texts (VIII-XI) by the time of their written fixation (XII-XIII).

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