Day: First five Fridays
Time: 2:00-3:50 p.m.
Location: Girvetz 2108
Enrollment Code: 58453
Description:
Tragic events are the pivots around which the fascinating and little known Icelandic literary tradition weaves its masterpieces. This course intends to show how these themes evolve from the Middle Ages to the year 2006 and how they relate to the culture of one of Europe's peripheries, by analyzing Iceland's most significant prose, poetry and film production.
Professor Viola Miglio, Spanish and Portuguese, research interest lie mainly in linguistics, but she also has a degree in Icelandic language and literature from the University of Iceland. She has published research on Icelandic medieval and modern literature and language. Professor Miglio teaches linguistics courses, linguistics approaches to translation, as well as a course on Celtic influences on Galitian literature.
Email: miglio@spanport.ucsb.edu
