College of Humanities People
Merrill Kaplan, Assistant Professor
Department of English: http://english.osu.edu/Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures: http://germanic.osu.edu/
Center for Folklore Studies: http://cfs.osu.edu/
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies: http://cmrs.osu.edu/
Office Information
464 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: kaplan.103@osu.edu
Phone: 614-247-8061
Office Hours:
Autumn 2011, Wednesdays 10:00-11:30 and by appointment
464 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: kaplan.103@osu.edu
Phone: 614-247-8061
Office Hours:
Autumn 2011, Wednesdays 10:00-11:30 and by appointment
Education:
PhD (University of California, Berkeley 2006). Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies and Folklore.
General Background:
Specializations: Old Norse-Icelandic literature, legend and folk belief, and folklore on and off the Internet.
Articles on: Irruptions of the past and the supernatural in Icelandic sagas; Out-Thoring Thor in the Great Saga of Olaf Tryggvason; Curation and Tradition on Web 2.0; Ibsen's Dramatic Realism and the publication of folklore collections; The Icelandic reception of Ibsen's The Vikings at Helgeland.
Forthcoming book: Thou Fearful Guest: Addressing the Past in Four Tales in FlateyjarbókMajor courses taught: Nordic Mythology; The Medieval Icelandic Saga; Legend; Myth; Old Norse-Icelandic Language; Folklore Genres
Medieval Iceland and Scandinavia
