Open AccessIslændingesagaer og erindring
Author(s) -
Pernille Hermann
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
k and k/kandk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2246-2589
pISSN - 0905-6998
DOI - 10.7146/kok.v42i118.19847
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , narrative , cultural memory , history , cognitive science , literature , psychology , computer science , sociology , art , artificial intelligence , anthropology
Based on the assumption that the longstanding discussion about history/fiction has exhausted itself, this article suggests an alternative approach to the sagas of Icelanders. It approaches the sagas from a memory perspective and illustrates how two concepts of memory: cultural memory and artificial memory, provide us with useful methodological tools for opening new dimensions of saga narratives.