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Course Plan and Syllabus 2012Course Code: ISS 1320
Course Name: Norwegian Literature
Course Leader: Claudia Berguson
Time: 8:15-10:00
Date Topic/ Readings/ Lecturer References
Week 1
June 25
Topic:Course Overview, Literature and the Creationof a Nation
Reading:Excerpt from stergrd The Invention ofNorway in Srensen and Strth The Construction ofNorden
stegrd , TheGeopolitics of NordicIdentity-FromComposite States to
Nation States inSrensen and StrthThe Construction of
Norden
June 26Topic:Petter Dass and the BaroqueReading:Excerpt from Dass: The Trumpet ofNordland
Stokker in Nss:Excerpt from Ch. 2
June 27Topic:Ludvig Holberg and the Age of EnlightenmentReading:Erasmus Montanus
Nss: Excerpt fromCh. 3
June 28
Topic:Oral Tradition and Its Written Forms, NationalRomanticism and Norwegian Folk Narratives
Readings:The Dream Vision of Olav Aasteson,The Princess Who Always Had to Have the LastWord, The Ash Lad Who Had an Eating Match withthe Troll, Gudbrand of the Hillside, The Old Lady
Against the Stream
Nss: Excerpt fromCh. 4Optional Readings:The Seventh Father of
the House, The BoyWho Became a Lion, aFalcon and an Ant,The Bear and the FoxWho Made a Bet,White-Bear-KingValemon
June 29
Topic:Romanticism and Poems of HenrikWergelandReadings:Wergeland Poems Morning Worship,The Last Voyage, To Spring, To My Wallflower
Nss on NationalBreakthrough (ExcerptCh. 4)
Week 2
July 02Topic:Romanticism and RealismReading:Camilla Collett, excerpt from The DistrictGovernors Daughter
Janet Garton: Findinga Voice
July 03Topic:RealismReadings:Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson The Father and
Alexander Kielland At the Ball
July 04Topic:Modern DramaReading:Henrik Ibsens Peer Gynt (Acts I-III)
The Legend of PeerGynt (handout)
July 05Topic:Modern DramaReading:Peer Gynt (continued, Acts IV and V)
Toril Moi: Excerpt fromHenrik Ibsen and theBirth of Modern Drama
July 06Authors in the City:Ibsen Apartment, Statues TourStudent Presentations: Holberg, Ibsen, Bjrnson,Wergeland, Collett
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Week 3
July 09Topic:The Evolution of Ibsen as an AuthorReading:Ibsen, The Wild Duck
Kaplan: On the Roadto Realism article
July 10
Topic:Naturalism
Readings:Amalie Skram Karens Christmas andRagnhild Jlsen The Twelfth Cabin and FiddleMusic in the Meadow
McFarlane in NssExcerpt from Ch. 5
July 11 Midterm Exam
July 12 No Classes: Long Weekend --
July 13 No Classes: Long Weekend --
Week 4
July 16Topic:Neo-romanticismReadings:Obstfelder I Look and Hamsun Hunger
July 17
Guest Lecture by Erik Skuggevik (M.A., lecturer on
translation studies at the University of Surrey andlanguage teacher at ISS)Topic: Translation of Literary WorksReadings: TBA
July 18 Topic:Hunger (continued)
July 19Topic:The Historical Novel and Epic NorwayReading:Excerpt from Sigrid Undsets KristinLavransdatter: The Wreath
Berguson: Arrested inParody article
July 20Topic:The Years Between the WarsReadings:Nini Roll Anker A Crime and CoraSandel A Mystery
Mishler in Nss, Ch. 6
Week 5July 23
Topic:Modern Prose FictionReading:Tarjei Vesaas, The Birds
July 24 The Birds Tarjei Vesaas (continued)
July 25Topic:Modern PoetryReadings:Rolf Jacobsen, Olav H. Hauge, MarieTakvam and Inger Hagerup
July 26Topic:Women Authors in Late 20
tCentury
Readings:Merete Lindstrm Mother Moon andSidsel Lie Puzzle Pictures
July 27Topic:From Socialist Realism to ContemporaryFiction
Reading:Dag Solstad, Shyness and Dignity
Zagar: Modernismand Aesthetic
Dictatorship article
Week 6
July 30 Shyness and Dignity (continued)
July 31Topic:Migrant LiteratureReading: Excerpt from Khalid Hussain, Pakkis
August 01Topic:Contemporary DramaReading:Jon Fosse, Someone Is Going to Come
August 02 Review for Exam
August 03 Exam
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Reading ListFosse, Jon:Someone is going to come. Published in the collection Jon FossePlays One. Translated byGregory Botton. Oberon Books, London. 2002.
Holberg, Ludvig:Erasmus Montanus. (Any translation/edition. If you have several alternatives, choosethe most recent addition.)
Ibsen, Henrik.Peer Gynt. (Any translation/edition. Recommended: John Northams translationpublished by Scandinavian University Press.)
Ibsen, Henrik. The Wild Duck. (Any translation/edition. If you have several alternatives, choose the mostrecent addition.)
Hamsun, Knut.Hunger.(Recommended translation: Sverre Lyngstads translation published byCanongate.)
Solstad, Dag.Shyness and Dignity. (Any translation/edition.)
Vesaas, Tarjei. The Birds. (Available for loan for all students.For loan at the ISS office.)