Nordic Literature

Author : Steven P. Sondrup,Mark B. Sandberg,Thomas A. DuBois,Dan Ringgaard
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789027265050

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Nordic Literature by Steven P. Sondrup,Mark B. Sandberg,Thomas A. DuBois,Dan Ringgaard Pdf

Nordic Literature: A comparative history is a multi-volume comparative analysis of the literature of the Nordic region. Bringing together the literature of Finland, continental Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Sápmi), and the insular region (Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands), each volume of this three-volume project adopts a new frame through which one can recognize and analyze significant clusters of literary practice. This first volume, Spatial nodes, devotes its attention to the changing literary figurations of space by Nordic writers from medieval to contemporary times. Organized around the depiction of various “scapes” and spatial practices at home and abroad, this approach to Nordic literature stretches existing notions of temporally linear, nationally centered literary history and allows questions of internal regional similarities and differences to emerge more strongly. The productive historical contingency of the “North” as a literary space becomes clear in this close analysis of its literary texts and practices.

Author : Kristina Malmio,Kaisa Kurikka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030233532

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Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality by Kristina Malmio,Kaisa Kurikka Pdf

This open access collection offers a detailed mapping of recent Nordic literature and its different genres (fiction, poetry, and children’s literature) through the perspective of spatiality. Concentrating on contemporary Nordic literature, the book presents a distinctive view on the spatial turn and widens the understanding of Nordic literature outside of canonized authors. Examining literatures by Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish authors, the chapters investigate a recurrent theme of social criticism and analyze this criticism against the welfare state and power hierarchies in spatial terms. The chapters explore various narrative worlds and spaces—from the urban to parks and forests, from textual spaces to spatial thematics, studying these spatial features in relation to the problems of late modernity.

Author : Pirjo Lyytikäinen,Riikka Rossi,Viola Parente-Čapková,Mirjam Hinrikus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429655425

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Nordic Literature of Decadence by Pirjo Lyytikäinen,Riikka Rossi,Viola Parente-Čapková,Mirjam Hinrikus Pdf

Nordic Literature of Decadence fills a gap on the map of world literature and participates in a thriving area of research by extending the investigation of broadly understood fin de siècle decadence to unexplored areas of Nordic literature, which remain practically unknown to Anglophone audiences. In the Nordic countries the new Parisian movements were seen as having caused a malicious invasion, a ‘black flood’ that was spreading over the North destroying the very foundations of Nordic national cultures. Nevertheless, the appeal of this controversial movement was irresistible to discontents and innovators, even in countries where the old moral, religious and nationalist atmosphere still retained its stranglehold and modern urban, industrial and social developments lagged behind that of the metropoles breeding this new literature and art. The Nordic countries developed their own distinctive manifestations of decadence favouring allegorical and allusive forms, local rural settings and depictions of primitive nature, coupling the philosophical underpinnings of fin-de-siècle decadence with ancient Nordic mythology and rising national movements. Nordic decadence thus became a distinctive and recognizable phenomenon, which travelled back to France and other European countries, influencing the ongoing debate on decadence as it was conducted on a global scale. Nordic Literature of Decadence discusses literature from five Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia and offers additional and alternative perspectives to the cosmopolitan traffic and cultural exchanges of literary decadence that have been explored so far in the English language scholarship.

Author : Gunilla Hermansson,Jens Lohfert Jørgensen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789027260543

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Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History by Gunilla Hermansson,Jens Lohfert Jørgensen Pdf

How did Nordic culture become associated with the fuzzy brand “cool”, as by default? In Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History twenty-one scholars in collaboration question the seemingly natural fit between “Nordic” and “Cool” by investigating its variegated trajectories through literary history, from medieval legends to digital poetry. At the same time, the elasticity and polysemy of the word “cool” become a means to explore Nordic literary history afresh. It opens up a rich diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches within a regional framework and reveals hitherto unseen links between familiar and less familiar tracks and sites. Following diverse paths of “Nordic cool” in respect to – among other things – nature, survival, love, whiteness, style, economics, heroism and colonialism, this book challenges all-too-recognisable narratives, and underlines the sheer knowledge potential of literary historical research.

Author : Jan Sjåvik
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810865013

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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater by Jan Sjåvik Pdf

The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the stories of Isak Dinesen, and the plays of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. While obviously including the area's most famous works, the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater also provides information on lesser known authors and currents trends, literary circles and journals, and historical background. This is accomplished through a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries, which together make this reference the most comprehensive and up to date work of its kind related to Scandinavian literature and theater available anywhere.

Author : Oskar Bandle,Lennart Elmevik,Gun Widmark
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 311017149X

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The Nordic Languages by Oskar Bandle,Lennart Elmevik,Gun Widmark Pdf

The handbook is not tied to a particular methodology but keeps in principle to a pronounced methodological pluralism, encompassing all aspects of actual methodology. Moreover it combines diachronic with synchronic-systematic aspects, longitudinal sections with cross-sections (periods such as Old Norse, transition from Old Norse to Early Modern Nordic, Early Modern Nordic 1550-1800 and so on). The description of Nordic language history is built upon a comprehensive collection of linguistic data; it consists of more than 200 articles written by a multitude of authors from Scandinavian and German and English speaking countries. The organization of the book combines a central part on the detailed chronological developments and some chapters of a more general character: chapters on theory and methodology in the beginning and on overlapping spatio-temporal topics in the end.

Author : Johan Strang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317626947

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Nordic Cooperation by Johan Strang Pdf

The recent crises in global economy and in European integration have caused a considerable revival of interest in the Nordic Welfare Model. However, less attention has been given to the ways in which the nations that form Scandinavia or ‘Norden’ are connected through various forms of inter- and transnational cooperation. With contributions from a team of experts in the field, this volume analyses Nordic cooperation in a European perspective and argues that this special form of transnational cooperation has been crucial in the development of the Nordic Welfare Model. In addition, it also contends that the Nordic model of transnational cooperation is a relevant case study when pondering the present problems of European integration. This text will be of key interest to students, researchers and policy makers studying the Nordic Model and transnational cooperation and more generally to those interested in European studies, Scandinavian studies, welfare studies, international relations and regional integration.

Author : Karen-Margrethe Simonsen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110294521

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Law and Justice in Literature, Film and Theater by Karen-Margrethe Simonsen Pdf

This volume is a Nordic contribution to research on law and humanities. It treats the legal culture of the Nordic countries through intensive analyses of canonical Nordic artworks. Law and justice have always been important issues in Nordic literature, film and theater from the Icelandic sagas through Ludvig Holberg and Henrik Ibsen to Lars Noréns theatre and Lars von Trier's Dogme films of today. This book strives to answer two fundamental questions: Is there a special Nordic justice? And what does the legal and literary/aesthetic culture of the North mean for the concept of law and justice and for the understanding of the interdisciplinary exchange of law and humanities? The concept of law and literature as a research area was originally developed in countries of common law. This book investigates law and humanities from a different legal tradition, and contributes thus both to the discussion of the general and the comparative studies of law and humanities.

Author : Reinhard Hennig,Anna-Karin Jonasson,Peter Degerman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498561914

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Nordic Narratives of Nature and the Environment by Reinhard Hennig,Anna-Karin Jonasson,Peter Degerman Pdf

Many contemporary environmental risks and global environmental changes occurring today are unprecedented in the history of human life on earth. However, the images and narratives through which humans relate to these phenomena are built on existing cultural tropes and narrative models. Cultural, social, and historical contexts strongly influence how we construct images and narratives of nature and the environment. It is therefore highly important to study such narratives in works of literature, film, and other forms of cultural expression in relation to the specific circumstances from which they arise. Nordic Narratives of Nature and the Environment is the first English language anthology that presents ecocritical research on northern European literatures and cultures. The contributors examine specifically Nordic narratives of nature and the environment, with a focus on the cultures and literatures of the modern northern European countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, including Sápmi, which is the land traditionally inhabited by the indigenous Sami people. Covering northern European literatures and cultures over a period of more than two centuries, this anthology provides substantial insights into both old and new narratives of nature and the environment as well as intertextual relations, the variety of cultural traditions, and current discourses connected to the Nordic environmental imagination. Case studies relating to works of literature, film, and other media shed new light on the role of culture, history and society in the formation of narratives of nature and the environment, and offer a comprehensive and multi-faceted overview of the most recent ecocritical research in Scandinavian studies.

Author : Annika Lindskog,Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787353992

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Introduction to Nordic Cultures by Annika Lindskog,Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen Pdf

Introduction to Nordic Cultures is an innovative, interdisciplinary introduction to Nordic history, cultures and societies from medieval times to today. The textbook spans the whole Nordic region, covering historical periods from the Viking Age to modern society, and engages with a range of subjects: from runic inscriptions on iron rings and stone monuments, via eighteenth-century scientists, Ibsen’s dramas and turn-of-the-century travel, to twentieth-century health films and the welfare state, nature ideology, Greenlandic literature, Nordic Noir, migration, ‘new’ Scandinavians, and stereotypes of the Nordic. The chapters provide fundamental knowledge and insights into the history and structures of Nordic societies, while constructing critical analyses around specific case studies that help build an informed picture of how societies grow and of the interplay between history, politics, culture, geography and people. Introduction to Nordic Cultures is a tool for understanding issues related to the Nordic region as a whole, offering the reader engaging and stimulating ways of discovering a variety of cultural expressions, historical developments and local preoccupations. The textbook is a valuable resource for undergraduate students of Scandinavian and Nordic studies, as well as students of European history, culture, literature and linguistics.

Author : Mads Rosendahl Thomsen,Dan Ringgaard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501310034

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Danish Literature as World Literature by Mads Rosendahl Thomsen,Dan Ringgaard Pdf

Despite being a minor language, Danish literature is one of the world's most actively translated, and the Scandinavian country is the home of a number of significant writers. Hans Christian Andersen remains one of the most translated authors in the world, philosopher Søren Kierkegaard inspired modern Existentialism, Karen Blixen chronicled her life in colonial Kenya as well as writing imaginary, cosmopolitan tales, and the writers among the circles of literary critic Georg Brandes in the late 19th century were especially important to the further development of European Modernism. Danish Literature as World Literature introduces key figures from 800 years of Danish literature and their impact on world literature. It includes chapters devoted to post-1945 literature on beat and systemic poetry as well as the Scandinavia noir vogue that includes both crime fiction and cinema and is enjoying worldwide popularity.

Author : Douglas A. Vakoch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000634402

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The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature by Douglas A. Vakoch Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature explores the interplay between the domination of nature and the oppression of women, as well as liberatory alternatives, bringing together essays from leading academics in the field to facilitate cutting-edge critical readings of literature. Covering the main theoretical approaches and key literary genres of the area, this volume includes: • Examination of ecofeminism through the literatures of a diverse sampling of languages, including Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish; native speakers of Tamil, Vietnamese, Turkish, Slovene, and Icelandic. • Analysis of core issues and topics, offering innovative approaches to interpreting literature, including: activism, animal studies, cultural studies, disability, gender essentialism, hegemonic masculinity, intersectionality, material ecocriticism, postcolonialism, posthumanism, postmodernism, race, and sentimental ecology. • Surveys key periods and genres of ecofeminism and literary criticism, including chapters on Gothic, Romantic, and Victorian literatures, children and young adult literature, mystery, and detective fictions, including interconnected genres of climate fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, and distinctive perspectives provided by travel writing, autobiography, and poetry. This collection explores how each of ecofeminism’s core concerns can foster a more emancipatory literary theory and criticism, now and in the future. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, ecofeminism, ecocriticism, gender studies, and the environmental humanities.

Author : Oscar Bandle,Kurt Braunmüller,Ernst Hakon Jahr,Allan Karker,Hans-Peter Naumann,Ulf Telemann,Lennart Elmevik,Gun Widmark
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197068

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The Nordic Languages. Volume 2 by Oscar Bandle,Kurt Braunmüller,Ernst Hakon Jahr,Allan Karker,Hans-Peter Naumann,Ulf Telemann,Lennart Elmevik,Gun Widmark Pdf

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Author : Dag Heede,Anne Heith,Ann-Sofie Lönngren
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443885034

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Rethinking National Literatures and the Literary Canon in Scandinavia by Dag Heede,Anne Heith,Ann-Sofie Lönngren Pdf

The literary field and canon in the Nordic countries are under constant negotiation and transformation, with various alternative literatures having evolved alongside the majority literatures of these nations in recent decades. These new phenomena, constructed around perspectives regarding language, ethnicity, sexuality, gender and social class, have been categorised as migration, minority and queer literatures. Rethinking National Literatures and the Literary Canon in Scandinavia highlights these literatures and their histories, roles and impacts on both the literary establishment and (post)modern societies in the Nordic region. It also discusses how the constructions of national literary canons today are challenged by the influence of various critical perspectives, including postcolonial theories, and queer, indigenous, ethnic literary and gender studies. On a broader level, the book showcases the position literature has in the building of national identities in Nordic nation-states, and, in the process, demonstrates that the plurality of perspectives in literary studies has the potential to question the fundamentals of the literary canon, canon formations, national self-understanding, and identity. The book is composed of nine articles authored by literary scholars in Finland, Sápmi, Sweden, and Denmark. It addresses issues such as methodological nationalism in literary scholarship, the uses of concepts such as “transnational” and “immigrant” literature, the ways in which traditional Sámi features are employed in contemporary Sámi poetry, postcolonial representations in Nordic literature, and the ways that political processes of “Othering” are made visible in contemporary literature’s uses of traditional Scandinavian folklore. Read together, these articles provide an overview of some of the challenges and changes in Nordic literature today.

Author : Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Publisher : New York : Scribner
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Authors, Scandinavian
ISBN : UOM:39015030002029

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Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen Pdf