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Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson - Professor
–
Hugvísindasvið
Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson
Íslenska
Professor
in Icelandic Literature
Location
Edda
Email
sye [at] hi.is
Unit
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
Website
https://hi.academia.edu/SveinnYngviEgilsson
Published Work
Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson - published work
Consultation hours
By appointment.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2107-9945
Research portal – Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
ABF305G - Trends and Methods in Literary Theory
ÍSL301G - Trends and Methods in Literary Theory
ÍSL101F - Writing and Editing
ÍSL521M - Romanticism and Emotions: The Nineteenth-century Modern Self
Collaboration
"The Variance of Njál's Saga".
,
Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir
,
Icelandic Research Fund
"Inventing Culture: Defining Sources of Theory and Inspiration and the Long-Term Results of Culture Creation by Icelandic Intellectuals 1857–1874".
,
Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir
,
Icelandic Research Fund
Education
2000
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Iceland
,
Doctoral degree in Icelandic Literature
1993
,
MA
,
University of Iceland
,
master's degree in Icelandic Literature
1992
,
M. Phil.
,
The University of St. Andrews
,
Scottish Literature
1984
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Comparative Literature
Professional Experience
2008 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
2005 -
2008,
Senior Lecturer,
University of Iceland
2000 -
2005,
editor of Skírnir, the journal of The Icelandic Literary Society,
2001 -
2005,
Adjunct,
University of Iceland
1993 -
2001,
Part-time lecturer,
University of Iceland
1993 -
2000,
Teacher,
The Reykjavík Grammar School
1987 -
1989,
Editorial work,
The publishing house of Svart á hvítu
1985 -
1986,
Teacher,
The Reykjavík Grammar School
Published works
2023
Snorri Hjartarson: Romantik och modernism
Íslandsvísur og viðtökur þeirra
Ritið
2022
Jónas Hallgrímsson
Grímuskáldið: Dramatískar einræður í kvæðum Gríms Thomsen
Bjarni Thorarensen
Territorial kinship and the feminine land: Icelandic patriotic poetry in an international context
Romantik – Journal for the Study of Romanticisms
2021
Íslenskar bókmenntir
2020
The sublime North
2019
From a Monument in Ljubljana to the History and Theory of Cultural Saints
National Cultivation of Culture
Ísland í Eyjahafinu
2018
Iceland as an Imaginary Place in a European Context: Some Literary Representations
Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek
Jónas Hallgrímsson
Old Norse Myths and Icelandic Romanticism
Det nordiska i isländsk litteratur: En estetisk diskurs med ursprung i 1800-talet
Avain
2017
Kan man skriva pastoral poesi så nära Nordpolen? Arkadiska skildringar i isländska dikter från artonhundratalet
Scripta Islandica
„Gegnum Jesú helgast hjarta í himininn upp ég líta má.“ Lesið í líkamsmyndir Passíusálma
„Alt meir Grískt en Rómverst“: Menningarviðleitni Sigurðar málara í ljósi nýklassíkur
„Ef að jeg fengi frá þér blað, færi jeg allteins vel með það og það unnustu flýgi frá, jeg feldi það mínu brjósti á.“ Ljóðabréf og kvæði Benedikts Gröndals til Sigríðar E. Magnússon
Skírnir
Frá bókmenntavakningu til ræðuæfinga: Mótunarár Kvöldfélagsins í fundarbókum
2016
Ways of addressing nature in a northern context
Jónas Hallgrímssons inre och yttre natur
Scripta Islandica
2015
Öldulíf: Hafið og háleitar myndir í kvæðum Einars Benediktssonar
Andvari
2014
Náttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda
2013
Er hægt að yrkja hjarðljóð svona nærri Norðurpólnum? Sveitasælan og skuggahliðar hennar í ljóðum Steingríms Thorsteinssona
Andvari
Land, þjóð og tunga í ljóðum þjóðskálda Íslands og Slóveníu
Són: tímarit um óðfræði
2012
Model Behaviour: The Role of Imported Aesthetics in the Rise of Romantic Nationalism in Iceland and Slovenia
Poetry of Iceland
2011
Textar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði
Náttúra Huldu
Ritið
Nation and elevation
Primerjalna Knjizevnost
2010
Gönguskáldið
Klauflax
2009
Umhverfi orðanna. Náttúrulýsingar og málnotkun í kvæðum Jónasar Hallgrímssonar
2008
The Reception of Old Norse myths in Icelandic romanticism
2007
Inngangur
Um hvað tölum við þegar við tölum um náttúruna?
Skírnir
2006
Kveðið eftir þjóðkunnu spánsku kvæði
Skírnir
Fagurfræði óvissunnar. Snorri Hjartarson og John Keats
2005
Amma mín
The wild has no words
Að yrkja bók. Ljóðabókin sem listræn heild
"Af drukknan dáið hefur / drottins margur vin". Consolatio mortis í kvæði frá 17. öld
Amma mín
Amma mín
"Af drukknan dáið hefur / drottins margur vin". Consolatio mortis í kvæði frá 17. öld
"Af drukknan dáið hefur / drottins margur vin". Consolatio mortis í kvæði frá 17. öld
2004
Tilbrigði við skógarhljóð. Flögrað á milli þriggja greina í myrkviði Martins Heidegger
Brennu-Njálssaga: Texti Reykjabókar (2. útgáfa, endurskoðuð og aukin)
2003
Og andinn mig hreif upp á háfjallatind. Nokkrar birtingarmyndir hins háleita á 19. öld
Ljóð og laust mál
Brennu-Njálssaga: texti Reykjabókar
2002
Eddur, sögur og íslensk rómantík
2001
Náin kynni Guðbergs og Málfríðar
Brennu-Njálssaga. Texti Reykjabókar með nútímastafsetningu
1999
Arfur og umbylting: Rannsókn á íslenskri rómantík
1996
„Óðinn sé með yður!" Fjölnismenn og fornöldin
Gröndal og Freyja
1992
Eddur og íslensk rómantík: Nokkur orð um óðfræði Jónasar Hallgrímssonar
Snorrastefna
1989
Ritverk Jónasar Hallgrímssonar
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