Icelandic entertainment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

The Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is holding a symposium entitled

Icelandic entertainment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

 in the National Library, lecture hall on the 2nd floor,

Saturday, November 26, 2016 .

 

The symposium begins at 1:30 PM and ends no later than 4:15 PM.

 

Four talks will be given as follows:

 

On humor and sarcasm, humor and laughter in Icelandic folk tales

Adalheidur Gudmundsdottir
professor of ancient Icelandic literature at the University of Iceland

 

Humor in poetry in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

Kristjan Eiriksson
Research assistant at the Árni Magnússon Institute of Icelandic Studies, now emeritus

 

COFFEE BREAK

 

"I'm building a house": On Benedikt Gröndal's humor

Armann Jakobsson
professor of ancient Icelandic literature at the University of Iceland

 

Poetic letters from Benedikt Gröndal to Sigríður E. Magnússon

Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson
Professor of Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland

 

 

Moderator: Kristín Bragadóttir
PhD student in history at the University of Iceland

 

The presentation of each talk takes about 20 minutes.

About 10 minutes will be given for questions and discussion after each presentation.

 

During breaks, the company offers coffee breaks.

 

Excerpts from the presentations will be available at the symposium. They will be published later.
accessible on the company's website, http://fraedi.is/18.oldin/