Literature

Scandinavian 150. The Vikings and the Nordic Heroic Tradition

Semester: 

N/A

Offered: 

2022

Day/Time

TR 1:30–2:45pm

Instructor

Mitchell

Examines the historical events in Europe A.D. 800 to A.D. 1100, and the resulting heroic legacy in medieval Icelandic sagas. The course focuses on Viking Age figures as warriors, kings, poets, outlaws and adventurers; pre-Christian religion and mythology, the Viking raids, and the Norse experience in "Vinland" carefully considered. All readings and discussions in English.

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