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This course discusses various ways in which medieval Icelandic literature, including sagas and eddas, can be studied as memories of the Viking Age. Attention will be paid to the constructed memory of the past and to the problems of representation. It will be discussed how the literature can be seen as interpretations of history and cultural memory, rather than a recording of facts. Topics that will be addressed are the medieval uses of pagan myths, the sagas' status as history or fiction, and cultural memory.
Guest lectures by Stephen Mitchell, Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University
3/3 Memory, Ethnohistory and the Value of the Sagas and 31/3 Remembering Witchcraft: Viking Age Sorcery after the Conversion.
Stephen Mitchell is a well-known and highly respected figure in the international field of Old Norse studies. In recent years, his work has focused primarily on witchcraft and magic in the Nordic world in the period 1200 to 1525, the topic on which he is currently preparing a monograph with the working title, Witchcraft in the Nordic Middle Ages. As a guest professor, Mitchell will actively participate in the research and educational activities connected to Old Norse studies at the university. Some of the activities will be organized under the auspices of the interdisciplinary Centre of Viking and Medieval Studies.
Ingen
Agnes Arnorsdottir
Holdundervisning
Engelsk
Dialogues with the Viking Age. Narration and Representation in the sagas of the Icelanders, Rykjavík 1998, efter Vésteinn Ólason bruges, samt et kompendium.
Tirsdag 9-12, bygning 1328, lokale 014
