Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Marianne E. Kalinke. "Sigurthar saga Jórsalafara: The Fictionalization of Fact in Morkinskinna." Scandinavian Studies, 56:152-67.

Addresses the function of narrative intrusion in the saga, which she sees as a "conflation of history and fiction" (153) concluding that "the anonymous author transmits not only historical incident but also, and especially, an interpretation of historical incident. Moreover, the author creates pseudo-historical incident in order to make historical incident more vivid and hence more memorable" (165).
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