Aufsatz(elektronisch)#120. Dezember 2018
"Ég veit hvað höfuð þitt vó en þekki ekki síðustu hugsunina": Ofbeldi, ábyrgð og femínísk fagurfræði í Drápu eftir Gerði Kristnýju
In: Ritið; Kynbundið ofbeldi, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 17-43
ISSN: 2298-8513
The icelandic poet Gerður Kristný has in the last two decades repeatedly told tragic stories focusing on the systemic violence that has for so long been directed against women, and her long narrative poem Drápa, or The Slaying (2014), is no exception. Drápa is a feminist critique focusing on the true story of Gréta Birgisdóttir, who was murdered by her husband Bragi Ólafsson in Reykjavík in January 1988. it is a poem about a killing that draws its power from various different sources, such as modern true crime fiction, the Nordic crime novel, and fantastic tales.