Spring 2018  |  SCAN 5502 Section 001: The Icelandic Saga (67507)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 119
Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Study of the sagas written in 13th-century Iceland. Discussion includes cultural and historical information about medieval Iceland and analysis of a selection of saga texts using contemporary critical approaches. All readings in translation.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?norrman+SCAN5502+Spring2018
Class Description:
The Icelandic sagas are unlike most literature that most of you have ever read. They are complex historical-fiction prose chronicles, written for the most part in the thirteenth century in Iceland. The do not generally follow what we would call a well laid-out plot, except in a very broad sense as they relate the history of a family, several families, or an individual. They can be more historically oriented or more legendary. They include a great wealth of digressive anecdotes, and the cast of characters is often vast. The said, the sagas remain one of the most fascination and wonderful bodies of medieval storytelling anywhere. We will attempt to do in this course is to make sense of these brilliant prose works by examining the structures of various sagas, by looking for prevailing themes, by noting the roles of major and minor characters, both male and female, by investigating the political circumstances in thirteenth century Iceland, and by reviewing some of the actual facts of the Saga Age (950-1050), which is the time in which four of our five sagas take place.
Learning Objectives:
To learn about the sags and medieval Icelandic society as portrayed in the complex sagas, by focusing on certain specific issues through lectures and discussions.
Grading:
Final paper 25%, Written responses 25%, Mid-term project 25%, Class participation 25%
Class Format:
lecture and discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67507/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 October 2017

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