The following books are available for purchase at the Akademika bookstore on the Blindern campus. You will find them in the section for Nordisk (Nordic Literature). Because most of these are published in the UK or US, you may find that it is less expensive to purchase them in advance and bring them with you from your home country.
We will read each major text in its entirety, including the introductions.
Books
- Ibsen, Henrik, translated by Jens Arup. 1890/2008. “Hedda Gabler” in Four Major Plays. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Introduction by James McFarlane. (pp. vii-xv, 165-264)
- Hamsun, Knut, translated by Robert Bly. 1890/2008. Hunger. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Introduction by Paul Auster. (272 p.)
- Skram, Amalie, translated by Katherine Jane Hanson and Judith Messick. 1895/1992. Under Observation. Seattle: Women in Translation. Introduction by Elaine Showalter. (369 p.)
- Solstad, Dag, translated by Agnes Scott Langeland. 1996/2012. Professor Andersen’s Night. London: Random House. (154 p.)
- Petterson, Per, translated by Anne Born. 2003/2008. Out Stealing Horses. New York: Picador. (238 p.)
- Loe, Erlend, translated by Don Barlett and Don Shaw. 2004/2012. Doppler. Toronto: House of Anansi Press. (176 p.)
- Ullmann, Linn, translated by Barbara J. Haveland. 2011/2014. The Cold Song. New York: Other Press. (352 p.)
Other mandatory texts that will be made available online
- A selection of poetry by the following poets:
- Halldis Moren Vesaas, Olav H. Hauge, Rolf Jacobsen, Jan Erik Vold
- A selection of articles, reviews, and interviews
Reference text (optional, available at the University of Oslo Library)
- N?ss, Harald. 1993. A History of Norwegian Literature. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (435 p.)