Day: First five Wednesdays
Time: 9:00-10:50 a.m.
Location: Bldg 387, Room 101
Enrollment Code: 25965
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 2003 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 interests lie mainly in linguistics, but she also has a degree in Icelandic language and literature and language. Professor Miglio teaches linguistics courses, linguistics approaches to translation, as well as a course on Celtic influences on Galititian literature.
Email: miglio@span.ucsb.edu
