IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 829: Otherness, Monstrosity, and Deviation in Old Norse Literature and Culture, IV: Approaches to Legendary Otherness
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| 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: | Joanne Shortt Butler, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 829-a | Dwarves and Disability: Exploring Norse Literature through Disability Studies (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Mentalities, Social History |
| Paper 829-b | Rendering Myth into Legends: The Guises of King Guðmundr of Glæsisvellir (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Pagan Religions |
| Paper 829-c | Only Half Human: Re-Reading Hálfdanar Saga Brönufóstra (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Sexuality |
| 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 final session will explore legendary and mythological characters in their contexts. Matters of textual convention, ability and disability, and gender will be highlighted. |