This course is part of the Academic Mastery program. Please apply to the AM program before enrolling in this course or any of its modules.

This course and all modules within it have prerequisites. Please read all details before enrolling in this course or its modules.

The world-famous Old Norse Eddic poetry corpus was collected in medieval Iceland, and represents a world literary treasure capturing a variety of mythic and legendary narratives from early Scandinavia and the wider Germanic tradition. This four-module course focuses on reading selections from this poetic literature in the original Old Norse, providing students with not only the opportunity to practice their skills in translating the Old Norse language but also to become more familiar with these narratives as both windows into early medieval culture.

Goals and Skills:

This series is graduate level in intensity

All modules in this course assume competency with Old Norse vocabulary and grammar. Students should complete the Beginning Old Norse series before attempting these intermediate modules. Students who have passed Introduction to Old Norse in the Signum MA program may bypass this requirement. Students who have familiarity with Old Norse from another scholarly experience may apply for an independent evaluation of their Old Norse skills, which, if passed satisfactorily, will also permit direct enrollment in this module.