Norse Myths Retold

3 ch (3R) (W) · Undergraduate

This directed reading course explores a small but representative fraction of the many 20th- and 21st-century narratives that rework Norse mythology. We will begin by reading translations of two foundational texts from 13th- century Iceland — the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda — before turning to a selection of contemporary texts written in English between 1954 and 2014.