Scandinavian 376 - Vikings&Their Stories:Saga Lit
Fall
2019
01
4.00
Frank Hugus
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
32677
Herter Hall room 116
hugus@german.umass.edu
Readings (in translation) of selected Old Icelandic sagas, whose content and energized style emerged during the first European expansion toward the west. These early "westerns" are excitingly told and will be discussed as regards the stories themselves and in their historical and cultural framework. Conducted in English (Gen. Ed. AL)