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☆☆☆☆☆A saga is like a series. For example, the Twilight SAGAis four books that go together. like a series
- A prose narrative usually written in Iceland between the years 1120-1400, dealing with the families that first settled in Iceland and their descendants, with the histories of the kings of Norway and the myths and legends of early Germanic gods and heroes.
- A modern prose narrative resembling a saga.
- A long, detailed report: recounted the saga of their family problems.
European
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
Knut Hamsun
Beowulf dates from the Anglo-Saxon era (5th to 11th century) in Britain. The oldest known existing manuscript is written in a West Saxon dialect and is from the late 10th century. The epic tale is believed to have originated from an anonymous 8th-century Anglian poet who blended Scandinavian history and pagan mythology with Christian elements.
1500s
ugo foscolo
Pastoral
balder's death
Jon thoroddsen
language barrriers
king alfonso X
These novels were known as picaresque novels.
over 700 years
the superfluous man
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschäger
Verismo was a realistic movement that portrayed the poor and displaced people in Italy.
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There were and are many such authors.
JRR Tolkien, the brothers Grimm, JK Rowling etc
Icelandic.
The Cherry Orchard
North Germanic language
