IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 629: Otherness, Monstrosity, and Deviation in Old Norse Literature and Culture, II: Splinter Groups and Rogue Sagas
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Old Norse Network of Otherness (ONNO) |
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| Organisers: | Gwendolyne Knight, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet Rebecca Merkelbach, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Moderator/Chair: | K. James McMullen, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester |
| Paper 629-a | Otherness on the Page: How Do Lacunae Affect the Way We Interact with Saga Narrative? (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 629-b | The Other Sagas: Hero, Society, and the Paranormal in the 'Post-Classical' Íslendingasögur (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Mentalities, Social History |
| Paper 629-c | The Otherness in Finnboga Saga Ramma (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | Introducing the newly formed Old Norse Network of Otherness, and as part of a series of sessions, these papers explore a variety of issues concerning the representations of and attitudes toward different forms of otherness, monstrosity, and deviation in medieval Icelandic literature and culture, and beyond. These sessions are meant to complement the proposed sessions entitled 'Men and Masculinities in Old Norse Literature'. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and comparative approaches, questions of behavioural, socio-cultural, and textual otherness will be addressed, and the interplay of genre, character, text, and culture will be explored through the others, monsters, and deviants of Old Norse literature and history. This second session explores the texts, contexts and manuscripts of some less-studied family sagas, and addresses questions of fragmentation, genre, and social context. |