O Rei Burislaf: ligeira concessão ao cientificismo e considerações acerca do cômico, do factual e do fictício

André Muceniecks

doi:10.17851/1983-3636.3.0.15-49

Abstract

In this article we analyze Scandinavian medieval documents, the Yngvar Saga víðförla (Saga of Yngvar, the far travelled) and the Eymundar þáttr Hringssonar ( The tale of Eymundr Hringr). Both sources report events supposedly occurred in Kievian Russia. In the first one the main focus is the expedition that was made by the title’s hero, while in the second one the story is quite different, focused on the characters of Eymund and on the kings Burislaf, Jarisleif and Vartilaf. With the help of Mikhail Bakhtin’s ideas we propose the hypothesis that there is in Eymundar þáttr Hringssonar the possibility of critical and social reactions against ideological and even christian elaborations Yngvar Saga víðförla . This criticism was made with use of comical and humoristic aspects, the same kind of “laughter” studied by Bakhtin in his work about cultural history in Middle Ages.

Highlights

Bakhtin acerca do riso, do cômico e da cultura popular e um pequeno detalhe numa fonte escandinava legendária sobre os vikings na Rússia.[1]
S.E. e S.Y. encontram-se intimamente ligadas, mas não coincidem em todos os detalhes, sendo incorreto afirmar que a S.E. amplia ou explica melhor a S.Y
Considerado o costume dos þættir de levantar questões específicas acerca da Saga que acompanha, ou de expandir algumas de suas partes, é plausível também considerar a S.E. como uma reação à natureza altamente ideologizada da S.Y