Topic: Norse Literature
You will write two 750-1000 word essays for this course: one at midterm and one at semester’s end.
Prompt:
Your essay must focus on our course theme, with particular emphasis on Hyde’s “trickster” figure (review the definition in our Course Glossary; better yet, use Trickster Makes
This World.pdf Download Trickster Makes This World.pdf). You may find one of the following prompts helpful as you start brainstorming:
the extent to which one character typifies the characteristics of Hyde’s trickster, and why it is important (or significant) to the audience or text as a whole
the extent to which a particular text, author, or character offers a “tricksy” (or trickster-like) challenge within its cultural or historical context
Yggdrasil – The Cosmic World Tree-https://dailymythogies.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/yggdrasil-the-cosmic-world-tree/
Teutonic Mythology-
Viking History-http://enlighteningthegylfi.pbworks.com/w/page/4923260/Viking%20History
Also will be turned in to turnitin.com
Citation information for Sturluson:
Sturluson, Snorri. The Prose Edda. Trans. Jean I. Young. The Longman Anthology of World Literature. 1st ed. Vol B. Ed. David Damrosch et al eds. New York: Pearson-Longman, 2004. 28-35.