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Sagas and Space - Thinking Space in Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia
Course
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24 h
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- 8 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1
Introduction and course overview: space asa key element of narration and representation
Week 2
Constructing mythological space: Eddiccosmography
Sources: Prose-Edda, Poetic Edda
Week 3
Discovering new spaces: geographical andsocial aspects; memory and space
Sources: Sagas (Grænlendinga saga, Eiríks saga rauða)
Week 4
Cosmography: descriptions of the world intexts
Sources: Leiðarvísir (Itinerary of Nikulas)
Week 5
Mapping the World: Cartography
Sources: Carta Marina
Week 6
Spatiality in visual media
Sources: picture-stones, runicinscriptions, paintings, woodcarvings, manuscripts
Week 7
Archaeology:
Sources:
Week 8 Language and space: spatial thinking inlanguage; place names
Sources:
Conclusion and outlook
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
- Sandra Schneeberger - Deutsches Seminar, Abteilung für Nordische Philologie
- Jürg Glauser - Deutsches Seminar, Abteilung für Nordische Philologie, University of Zurich
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