A medieval Icelandic prose narrative form recounting the lives, feuds and genealogies of historical or legendary Icelandic families, kings or heroes, written in a spare, understated prose style with minimal authorial comment, standing among the great vernacular prose achievements of medieval European literature.
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Place of OriginIceland, 13th-14th century, recording events chiefly set in the 9th-11th century settlement period. 1 StructureExtended prose narrative, unrhymed and generally unversed, in a spare, restrained style, often incorporating genealogies and occasional embedded verse (skaldic stanzas) attributed to characters. 1 Notable ExampleNjal's Saga and Egil's Saga, among the most celebrated of the Icelandic family sagas. 1 Connections
Form Of Genre
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Influenced By
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Iceland, originated there.
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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