IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 1621: Memory in Old Norse Literature

Thursday 5 July 2018, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Memory & the Pre-Modern North Network
Organisers:	Simon Nygaard, Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet Yoav Tirosh, Faculty of Icelandic & Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Moderator/Chair:	Lukas Rösli, Deutsches Seminar, Universität Zürich
Paper 1621-a	Poetic Memory in the Fornaldarsögur (Language: English) Timothy Rowbotham, Centre for Medieval Studies / Department of English & Related Literature, University of York Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality
Paper 1621-b	Remembering Haraldr Hardráði, Forgetting Óláfr Kyrri: The Partisan Cultural Memory of Morkinskinna (Language: English) Tom Morcom, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1621-c	Myths of the Foremother Auðr/Unnr Re-Interpreted in Icelandic Literature during the 'Era of Memory' (Language: English) Sofie Vanherpen, Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Universiteit Gent Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Women's Studies
Abstract	In the discussion of memory in the Old Norse field, it seems that the Íslendingasögur (Sagas of the Early Icelanders) have taken a prominent place. However, other genres such as the otherwise much debated Íslendingaþættir, fornaldarsögur, and post-medieval literature have not received as much attention. This session will focus on these (somewhat neglected) texts and what they bring to the table. The question of their composition will be in the forefront of the discussion.