Stories of Adventure: The Norse Sagas
Osher Online | Available (Membership Required)
Are you interested in stories rich with murder, intrigue, and sharp wit? This course will explore the Norse sagas, which are medieval tales rooted in Old Norse mythology, written in Iceland centuries after the Viking era. These stories range from realistic travel chronicles to epic sword-and-sorcery adventures, and they offer a fascinating glimpse into "Dark Age" swashbuckling. In this course we will also discuss how these stories continue to profoundly influence modern culture.
Class schedule: Live lecture will take place on Wednesdays via ZOOM
Wednesday, July 16, Live lecture 1
Wednesday, July 23, Live lecture 2
Wednesday, July 30, Live lecture 3
Wednesday, August 6, Live lecture 4
Wednesday, August 13, Live lecture 5
Wednesday, August 20, Live lecture 6
As this class is delivered by the National Resource Center for OLLIs (NRC) at Northwestern University, you will receive a welcome email from?osheronline@northwestern.edu.? The email will include your credentials (username & password) as well as a hyperlink to the Osher Online Website through which you will access your course website. Please save the link once you receive it. Multi-session courses will use this same link each week.
Stories of Adventure
Vic Peterson
Vic Peterson is the author of The Berserkers (Hawkwood, 2022; Recital, 2023), a novel set in a fictional Nordic country. He holds a BA in English from Kenyon College, and MA degrees in humanities from The University of Texas at Dallas and in religious studies from the University of Chicago, where he also completed coursework at the Booth School of Business. After a successful career as a business executive, Vic now focuses on writing and teaching.