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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.)