It is the object of this thesis to present the chief stylistic and structural characteristics of five thirteenth century Norse sagas selected as representative of Sturla Þórðarson's literary background; to show in what ways and to suggest why he did or did not follow their examples; and on the basis of this, to offer a new interpretation of the style and structure of Sturla's Íslendinga Saga. The five sagas are considered chronologically in the order they are believed to have been written. Sverris Saga is a partisan record of an unconventional Norwegian king's reign (1177-1202) based on the king's personal experience and contemporary witness. Knytlinga Saga (c. 1260), a celebration of Danish Christian princes (940-1187), has an unadorned style, at times not unlike Sturla's, but its concentration on the single theme makes it too constricted for Sturla's complex material. In Heimskringla (c. 1230), a history of Norwegian kings up to 1177, Snorri Sturluson freely adapts and selects from his source material to produce a wellreasoned pattern of events. Sturla's material for Íslendinga Saga was too close to him to be manipulated in this fashion. He probably learned most from his own experience of writing Hákonar Saga in 1263. Although this was written under the constraints of diplomacy, Sturla was confronted with the task of ordering a mass of virtually contemporary material. Njáls Saga, an almost wholly fictional work, depends for its unity on complex interactions between figures motivated by their inner temperaments. Sturla also records diverse human emotions, but his narrative must depend on actual happenings and therefore lacks the contrived flawlessness of Njáls Saga. Yet Sturla's selection and arrangement of his authentic material - a dense mass of facts - show that his control is perfect. He writes with awesome sobriety and psychological insight, and he rejects any artificial structure.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:16:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciano Fiscina.pdf: 916731 bytes, checksum: 212daf4caedc6cc0154f9ce0a2a8dcfa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-21 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research is an investigation of pathway followed by Edward Bradford Titchener to the elaboration of a psychology purpose pointing out some agreements and disagreements between Titchener and his Germans and Americans contemporaneous. Through of analysis of his Text-Book and some of his papers, we objected to understand the titchenerian methodology to clear up his intellectual axial in the history of psychology. We realized a discussion between the English and German experimental physiologies about the space perception nature to show that the empirical and continental contexts link as the German experimental psychology as the titchenerian experimental psychology. We call in question the way how the author is treated by the modern historiography looking into the historical perspective that built up the titchenerian image in psychology memory. Therefore this research intends to contribute to a criticism historiography standing out other approach to the Edward B. Titchener role in the history of psychology / Esta pesquisa é uma investigação dos caminhos seguidos por Edward Bradford Titchener para a elaboração de uma proposta de psicologia, apontando acordos e desacordos entre Titchener e seus contemporâneos alemães e americanos. Por meio da análise do seu Text-Book e alguns dos seus artigos, objetivou-se entender a metodologia titcheneriana e legitimar seu eixo intelectual na história da psicologia. Realizou-se uma discussão entre a fisiologia experimental inglesa e alemã sobre a natureza perceptiva do espaço a fim de mostrar que o panorama contextual das tradições empíricas e continentais entrelaça tanto a formulação da psicologia experimental alemã, quanto da psicologia experimental titcheneriana. Questiona-se, então, o modo como o autor é tratado pela historiografia moderna, procurando localizar a perspectiva histórica que construiu a imagem titcheneriana na memória da psicologia. Esta pesquisa pretende contribuir, portanto, com uma historiografia crítica, estabelecendo outro enfoque para o papel de Edward B. Titchener na história da psicologia