Trauma in Medieval Icelandic Literature - Guest lecture by Yoav Tirosh (Aarhus Universitet)
13.11.2024, 10:15 - 11:45
13. November 2024, 10:15–11:45
KO2-D-54
Research into individual and collective trauma are a developing field, mainly spearheaded in the Old Norse field by Torfi H. Tulinius and his students. This lesson will focus on the moments of crises that one encounters when talking about and reading the sagas and other Scandinavian historical records. Can trauma be spoken of when the words did not yet exist to describe this experience? And what are the benefits of thinking in these terms?
This guest lecture is part of the BA Seminar «Krisenerzählungen im skandinavischen Mittelalter».