Introduction to Contemporary Culture in Iceland

3 cr · Undergraduate

With a rich historical backdrop beginning with the Viking Age, this course serves to demonstrate how the art forms of the past are reshaped in the present. Political and economic events with local and global factors will be explored in relation to the nation's struggle for sovereignty. Contemporary literature, music, art and culture in Iceland will be examined in the context of its past legacy of medieval myth, saga, court poetry, and later folklore, poetry and song to understand how these legacies carry forward today. May not be held with the former ICEL 1220.