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dc.date.accessioned2013-03-12T11:55:29Z
dc.date.available2013-03-12T11:55:29Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-06-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationØverbye, Thomas. Breuddwyd Rhonabwy. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2009en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10852/26852
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is concerned with the medieval Welsh prose tale Breuddwyd Rhonabwy. The theory of cultural memory as formulated by Jan Assmann is employed as a theoretical framework for the analysis and interpretation of the text. Assmann argues that writing functions as a medium of memory and that one therefore may speak of a cultural memory. This memory soon becomes vast and diverse. He claims that man sees himself in relation to the cultural memory and that it shapes his identity. The identity of both collective and individual is thus based on the past, but memory and thereby the view of the past is also influenced by man’s need of identity and security. Accordingly, history may be said to be governed not so much by the search for “the truth” as by people’s need of a past. With background in this theoretical framework the thesis argues for a historical interpretation of Breuddwyd Rhonabwy. Initially, the dream of Breuddwyd Rhonabwy is analysed in order to detect how it portrays the past, and through analysing a number of historical accounts important for the cultural memory of the Welsh the depiction of the past in the dream is put in a greater perspective. The frame tale is further analysed as an account of the society of the author and seen in relation to the depiction of the past in the dream. Finally, the depiction of the past in Breuddwyd Rhonabwy is discussed with regard to the impact of its context and it is demonstrated how the dream may function as a historical narrative.eng
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleBreuddwyd Rhonabwy : a historical narrative?en_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.date.updated2009-11-19en_US
dc.creator.authorØverbye, Thomasen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::010en_US
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitationinfo:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Øverbye, Thomas&rft.title=Breuddwyd Rhonabwy&rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2009&rft.degree=Masteroppgaveen_US
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-23026en_US
dc.type.documentMasteroppgaveen_US
dc.identifier.duo92534en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorJan Erik Rekdalen_US
dc.identifier.bibsys093777817en_US
dc.identifier.fulltextFulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/26852/1/xverbyxMaster.pdf


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