THE POETIC EDDA – FROM ORALITY TO LITERACY EDDADIKTEN

10 ANDREW LAIRD THE ARS POETICA THE TITLE ‘ARS
12 LEARNING FROM ‘FAVELAS’ THE POETICS OF USERS’ AUTONOMOUS
19 THE POETICS OF FICTION POETIC INFLUENCE ON

20AESTHETICS AESTHETIC THEORY AND FEMINIST POETICS FORM HISTORY AND
ALESSIA CASSANI “VERSO L’ESSENZA DELLA POESIA LE RADICI POETICHE
ANALISI E COMMENTO DI UN TESTO POETICO LAVORO PRELIMINARE

Old Norse seminar Autumn 2003

The Poetic Edda – from Orality to Literacy

Eddadikten i muntlig och skriftlig tradering/The Poetic Edda – from Orality to Literacy (2200/4121)


Moment 1: Eddic Poetry – An Introduction

Monday 15 January 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Introductory lecture

Monday 22 January 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Poems, Sources and Traditions

Literature: Jónas Kristjánsson 1988:25–82.

Monday 29 January 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: From Oral to Written – The State of Art in Eddic Studies.

Literature: Harris 1985:68–156.

Friday 2 February 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: The Manuscripts Containing Eddic Poems.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Monday 5 February 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Monday 12 February 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.



Moment 2: The Use and Abuse of Eddic Poetry

Monday 26 February 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: The Dating of Eddic Poetry – Mission Impossible.

Literature: Fidjestøl 2000:3–203.

Friday 2 March 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Myths and Legends – Methods and Pitfalls.

Literature: Clunies Ross 1994:11–41.

Monday 5 March 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Monday 12 March 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Friday 16 March 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Monday 19 March 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.



Moment 3: Oral tradition and Written Evidence

Friday 13 April 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Orality and Literacy

Literature: Stock 1983: 3–87.

Monday 23 April 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Oral Formulaic Theory and the Manuscripts.

Literature: Acker 1998:85–110; Kellogg 1991:89–101.

Friday 27 April 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Monday 30 April 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Monday 7 May 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.

Friday 11 May 14.15–16.00 Karl G. Johansson: Seminar.

Literature: Eddic poems.


Literature


Pensum Texts

Acker, Paul. 1998. Revising Oral Theory. Formulaic Composition in Old English and Old Icelandic Verse. New York and London; Garland Publishing, Inc. Pp. 85–110.

Clunies Ross, Margaret. 1994. Prolonged Echoes. Old Norse Myths in medieval Northern Society, vol. I: The Myths, Odense. Pp. 11–41.

Eddic poems, ca 250 pages. See Source texts.

Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1999. The Dating of Eddic Poetry. A Historical Survey and Methodological Investigation (ed. by Odd Einar Haugen). [Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana Vol. XLI] Copenhagen; C. A. Reitzels forlag. Pp. 3–203.

Harris, Joseph. 1985. Eddic Poetry. In: Clover, Carol J. & Lindow, John (red.), Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. A Critical Guide. Ithaca and London; Cornell University Press. Pp. 68–156.

Jonas Kristjánsson. 1988. Eddas and Sagas. Iceland´s Medieval Literature. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Pp. 25–82.

Kellogg, Robert. 1991. Literacy and Orality in the Poetic Edda. In: Doane, A. N. & Braun Pasternack, Carol (eds.), Vox intexta. Orality and Textuality in the Middle Ages. Madison; The University of Wisconsin Press. Pp. 89–101.

Stock, Brian. 1983. The Implications of Literacy. Written Language and Models of Interpretation in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Princeton; Princeton University Press. Pp. 3–87.


Source Texts

Bugge, Sophus (utg.). 1867 (1965). Norrœn fornkvæði. Islands samling af folkelige oldtidsdigte om Nordens guder og heroer almindeligt kaldet Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania [new print 1965: Universitetsforlaget; Oslo].

Dronke, Ursula (ed.). 1969. The Poetic Edda. Volume I. Heroic Poems. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Dronke, Ursula (ed.). 1997. The Poetic Edda. Volume II. Mythological Poems. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Kuhn, Hans (ed.). 1962. Edda. Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. 1. Text. Ed. Gustav Neckel. Rev. Hans Kuhn. Heidelberg:Universitätsverlag C. Winter.


InTranslation

Holm-Olsen, Ludvig (transl.). 1975. Eddadikt. Oslo: J. W. Cappelens forlag.

Larrington, Carolyne (transl.). 1996.The Poetic Edda. Oxford – New York; Oxford University Press World Classics.


Further Reading

Clunies Ross, Margaret. 1994. Prolonged Echoes. Old Norse Myths in medieval Northern Society, vol. I: The Myths, Odense.

Clunies Ross, Margaret. 1998. Prolonged Echoes. Old Norse Myths in medieval Northern Society, vol. 2: The reception of Norse myths in Medieval Iceland. Odense.

Guðrún Nordal. 2001. Tools of Literacy. The Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. Toronto-Buffalo-London: University of Toronto Press.

Tranter, Stephen. 1997. Clavis Metrica: Háttatal, Háttalykill and the Irish Metrical Tracts. Basel und Frankfurt am Main: Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG.


Dictionaries and lexicons

Cleasby, Richard & Gudbrand Vigfusson (eds.). An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Finnur Jónsson. 1913–16 (1931; 1966). Lexicon Poeticum Antiquae Linguae Septentrionalis; Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2. utg. 1931. København; S.L. Møller omtr. 1966.

La Farge, Beatrice & Tucker, John (eds.). 1992. Glossary to the Poetic Edda. Based on Hans Kuhn’s Kurzes Wörterbuch. Heidelberg. Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

See, Klaus von et al. (eds.).1997. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda. Bd. 2: Götterlieder. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

See, Klaus von et al. (eds.). 2000. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda. Bd. 3: Götterlieder. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

See, Klaus von et al. (eds.). 2004. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda. Bd. 4: Heldenlieder. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.


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