Join CENES’ Nordic Program for an exciting event circled around Icelandic Sagas! Torfi Tulinius, a Professor of Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland, will be presenting on March 7th as part of the University of Victoria’s Beck Lecture Series.
Eyrbyggja saga or the Saga of the People of Eyri (Penguin Classics 2003) is not as well known as Njáls saga, Grettis saga or Laxdæla Saga. It is nevertheless one of the most interesting and sophisticated literary works of medieval Iceland. Composed in the thirteenth century, it presents itself as a chronicle of events purported to have taken place in the peninsula of Snæfellsnes in western Iceland from the late ninth century to shortly after the year 1000 CE. It is much more.
As a commentary, conscious or unconscious, of the tumultuous period in which it was written, as a remarkable example of the interlacing of narrative threads into a meaningful whole, and finally as a witness to its author’s sense of structure and poetic expression, it deserves to be studied and admired. I will approach this unique work of art through a discussion of its representation of masculinity and its tribulations, some of which are quite traumatic.
About the Speaker
Torfi H. Tulinius is a Professor of Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland. Educated in France and Iceland, he taught French literature and literary theory in the early part of his career before specializing in medieval Icelandic literature. He has published three books and numerous articles and book chapters on the subject, as well as translations into French of two major sagas.
This event is open to the students, scholars, and anyone in the public who is interested in Nordic literature, medieval Icelandic studies, Icelandic culture, and trauma studies. This event is in partnership with the University of Victoria’s Beck Lecture Series.
How to Attend:
This is a hybrid event, taking place on March 7th at 2:00pm PT. Please join us in-person in Buchanan Tower 997. If you will be joining via Zoom, please register here. Please note this is a recorded event.
