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This project examines the connections between superhero narratives and medieval Icelandic literature, focusing on powerful female characters. It aims to create a framework for analyzing these texts and their representations of gender roles, drawing parallels with contemporary superhero themes.
This project investigates the similarities between superhero narrative in modern popular culture and medieval Icelandic literature so as to (1) establish a viable theoretical framework based on current research on superheroes and (2) to apply it to a selection of medieval Icelandic texts that feature strong, politically powerful women who do not conform to conventional gender roles.
The primary corpus will be drawn from the legendary and the chivalric sagas between ca. 1300 and 1600, which were…
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