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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 133: The Literature of Medieval Scandinavia, I: Political, Cultural, and Mythological Empires

Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Organisers:Andrew McGillivray, Department of Icelandic & Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Joanne Shortt Butler, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Moderator/Chair:Joanne Shortt Butler, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Paper 133-aHarping on: Music and Performance in Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse Literature
(Language: English)
Ellen Pilsworth, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Music
Paper 133-bFrom Fræðarorð to Feigðarorð: Resisting Rule in Ynglingatal
(Language: English)
Annemarie Ferreira, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford
Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Performance Arts - General
Paper 133-cFornaldarsögur, Terrorism, and the 2008 Financial Crisis: Medievalism in Post-Colonial Iceland
(Language: English)
Alaric Hall, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Abstract

As part of a group of sessions, these papers celebrate the diversity of sources concerning Medieval Scandinavia. 'The Literature of Medieval Scandinavia' builds upon popular sessions last year and complements the proposed Scandinavian history sessions ('Does Size Matter?'). These papers provide material of broader interest to legal historians, those with an interest in performance studies, and scholars of both poetry and prose, as well as both oral and written literatures. This session, Session 1/5, focusses on aspects of performance and the papers are united by an interest in the construction of an elite identity.