0504-465 - Viking Myth and Saga

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Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

Reading the myths, sagas and folktales of the Viking world reveals the values of a people that created the world's oldest extant democratic society. Both women and men fiercely defend their honor and freedom, willing to risk death rather than to bow in submission. The sagas are analyzed as compelling narrative structures and as documents of a culture that continues significantly to shape western civilization. Part of the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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