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Journal: Vikings and Medieval Scandinavia. <\/em>Brepols. http:\/\/vms.asnc.cam.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keywords: Translation theory, Vikings, Norse, Saga<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In order to study the primary texts that I will use for my thesis, I need to first be able to read them. Since I cannot begin to decipher ancient Icelandic or Old English, I must be working from translations alone. Professor Skalak pointed out that I need to consider translation theory since I cannot close read the original text. Baker\u2019s Intro to Old English will help me with Beowulf, and I\u2019m going to look in the academic journal for help with the original sagas. Then, I want to break down the sagas and find common tropes or story patterns. Jesse Byock is an expert and a great writer, and I\u2019ve read him before. I\u2019m going to study at least two of Byock\u2019s books. Part of the reason I am so interested by the Nordic gods is because they look nothing like the Judeo-Christian-Muslim monotheistic god, or even the gods and goddesses of the other pagan religions. They are immoral and mortal. \u00a0They lie, have sex, fight with each other, and die. So, a question I had to frame my research is a more complex version of \u201cwhat\u2019s the point?\u201d If the gods and goddesses, weren\u2019t created for a didactic purpose, or to show people that believed in them how to live, what purpose did they serve? What real life application came out of the pantheon? What was the nature of mythology, and how did it form? What about the Christianization of the Scandinavian countries? How did the one religion give way into the other, and what was the effect of this transformation on the mythology, folklore, and legend? Depending on what direction my interest takes, I may also want to study shamanism. I will probably also look at the conceptions of masculinity, since it was such a \u201cmacho\u201d society. Finally, I am considering re-watching the series Vikings <\/em>on HBO for a modern-day recreation of the lives of the Vikings. Both myself and my professor of Nordic Mythology last semester found this series to be astonishingly accurate in its portrayal of the religion and shamanism. Sometimes I can tell which primary source the show-makers are getting their information from. I may study some of the film theory that we have been reading recently to apply this to my thesis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Primary Texts:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am taking a different approach to thesis research than I was planning on. I felt as though my early decision to study Beowulf <\/em>was starting to limit my scope of texts to read, because I was trying to select texts that I thought Beowulf was most identifiable with. This severely limited my thesis topic, because I was not sure how everything was going to relate and connect to one another. So instead, I decided to consult Dr. Christine Schott, who is professor of English at Erskine College, and who was recommended to me by Professor Skalak. She suggested that I read Grettir\u2019s Saga, and pointed out a relation to Beowulf, <\/em>which was my original plan. I decided to broaden my scope of research and include sagas that I might previously have overlooked, since they aren\u2019t clearly connected to Beowulf. <\/em>Instead of starting with a plan and finding books to fit that plan, I want to read a whole range of sagas, particularly fornaldarsaga<\/em> (legendary sagas), and i<\/em>slendingasogur (<\/em>family sagas). I am going to start reading these sagas soon, since I have no particular direction or things I am looking for (yet). I want to read the legendary and family stories early on and find patterns, similarities, differences, or things I find otherwise strange, and not think (yet) about their connections to Beowulf. <\/em>After I read all five sagas, some of which are pretty short, I\u2019ll start planning my argument, or something new that I bring to the scholarly discussion. I think this will broaden my horizons of research, as well as train me to adapt to changes in my writing process.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Secondary Texts: Littleton, C. Scott. \u201cThe Comparative Indo-European Mythology of Georges Dum\u00e9zil\u201d. Journal of the Folklore Institute. Vol 1, No. 3. Dec. 1964, pp.147-166. JSTOR Baker, Peter S. Introduction to Old English. Wiley-Blackwell: Feb. 2012. Print. Hill, Thomas D. Sources of Wisdom: Old English and Early Medieval Latin Studies. 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