IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 333: The Literature of Medieval Scandinavia, III: Political, Cultural, and Mythological Empires
Monday 7 July 2014, 16.30-18.00
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 |
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Moderator/Chair: | Rebecca Merkelbach, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
Paper 333-a | Guðrún's Revenge: Deceit, Death, and the Struggle for Power in Atlakviða (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Paper 333-b | The Problem with Grettir: (Hyper)Masculinity and Social Acceptability (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Paper 333-c | Re-Membering Auðr's Hand in Eyrbyggja saga (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
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 3/5, questions the nature of power and gender in Medieval Scandinavian literature, from the prose sagas to heroic poetry. |