IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 533: The Literature of Medieval Scandinavia, IV: Political, Cultural, and Mythological Empires
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
| 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: | Sean Lawing, Faculty of Icelandic & Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík / Bryn Athyn College, Pennsylvania |
| Paper 533-a | Liminal Spaces and Places in the Sagas (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
| Paper 533-b | Monstrous Empires: The Territories of Outlaws, Berserkers, and Revenants in Icelandic Saga Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Folk Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
| Paper 533-c | My Little Empire: The Balance of Chieftainship in the Íslendingasögur (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality |
| 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 4/5, examines the construction of territorial empires and the use of space and place in the Medieval Icelandic sagas. |