Iceland's Medieval Literature: Eddas and Sagas

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Intensive two-week summer course taught in Iceland. Builds a comprehensive overview of medieval Icelandic literature through the reading of the works in translation and field trips around the island. Students learn why the flowering of this great literary tradition took place in Iceland at the time it did and develop a broader understanding of the wider importance and cultural contexts of this literature beyond the medieval period, and outside of Iceland.