Reading list for essay question on mythological stories in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: How are mythological stories depicted in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa?
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Old Norse
Reading list for essay question on the figure of the hero in Ǫrvar-Odds saga
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: How is the figure of the hero presented in Ǫrvar-Odds saga?
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Old Norse
Reading list for essay question on the legend of the Vǫlsungar and its sources
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?
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Reading list for essay question on sagas, Icelandic law and the sentence of outlawry
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: To what extent do the authors of Gísla saga Súrssonar and Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar critique Icelandic law and the sentence of outlawry?
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Reading list for essay question on the role of poetry in the skáldasögur
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga) incorporate poetry in their sagas?
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Reading list for essay question on the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga)?
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Reading list for essay question on Eddic poetry and Odinic wisdom dialogue
Old Norse Literature
Essay Title: ‘There is ample evidence in the eddic corpus of a distinct genre of Odinic wisdom dialogue. The poems belonging to this genre are uniform in their themes and formulaic in their execution.’ Discuss.
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Reading list for essay question on eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson
Old Norse Literature
Essay Title: ‘The primary value of eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda is located not in their aesthetic accomplishments but in their status as mythological sources.’ Discuss.
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Reading list for essay question on Joanne Harris and Norse sources
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: What motivates Joanne Harris’s employment of Norse mythology in Runemarks, Runelight, and The Gospel of Loki?
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Reading list for essay question on J. R. R. Tolkien and Norse sources
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: Which aspects of Norse mythology are borrowed and adapted by J. R. R. Tolkien in the construction of Middle-earth?
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Reading list for essay question on Thomas Gray's Norse sources
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?
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Reading list for essay question on Norse mythological material in Beowulf
Old Norse Literature
Essay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’ Discuss.
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Viking Age
Handout: Laxdœla saga
Teaching Aid - Old Norse literature
Handout on Laxdœla saga saga (The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr) by Joanne Shortt Butler, including extracts from the saga, a family tree and reading list.
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Teaching Aid
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Iceland
Viking Age
Handout: Ari Thorgilsson’s Book of the Icelanders and Icelandic Identity
Teaching Aid - Old Norse Literature
A short handout produced by Joanne Shortt Butler on the topic of Ari Thorgilsson’s Book of the Icelanders and Icelandic Identity, including a short reading list, questions, and a glossary of terms and characters.
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Iceland
Viking Age
Medieval
Handout: THE ORIGINS OF SAGAS: COMPOSITION AND TRADITION
Teaching Aid - Old Norse Literature
A handout produced by Joanne Shortt Butler on the origins of sagas: composition and tradition, including a timeline, extracts from sagas, and a reading list.
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Joanne Shortt Butler
2016
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Iceland
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Medieval
Handout on 'The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi'
Teaching Aid
A handout produced by Joanne Shortt Butler on the Old Norse literature topic of 'The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi', including background reading, questions to think about, and a glossary of terms and letters.
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Viking Age
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