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Iceland and Images of the North

Program Affiliation: Svartarkot: Culture and Nature

Location: Reykjavik Iceland

Exploring the concept of the North, the course incorporates images of Iceland and its closest neighbours into the current theoretical discourse on identity, gender, and the dynamics of centres and margins of culture in a globalised world.

* Students will gain an understanding and knowledge of recent studies in the field of post-medi... read more Exploring the concept of the North, the course incorporates images of Iceland and its closest neighbours into the current theoretical discourse on identity, gender, and the dynamics of centres and margins of culture in a globalised world.

* Students will gain an understanding and knowledge of recent studies in the field of post-medieval manuscript studies.
* Students will be introduced to theory and methods in fields such as book history, literary criticism, (old and new) philology, cultural history, micro-history and related fields.
* Students will gain an insight into the broad lines of Icelandic cultural history and literature, from the earliest writings of the 11th century up to modern times.
* Students will recognise of the role of 'scribal publication' in post-Gutenbergian Iceland. Less