nordlitt – Skandinavistische Literaturforschung im Gespräch

• Playing With Witches. Karen Blixen's Generous Tales. In Conversation with Ieva Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė

  Ieva Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė, Vilnius University, invites nordlitt to workshop around the concept of play in two stories by Danish author Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen. Ieva muses with Blixen on why art cannot make us happy, and we uncover creative connections between artistic processes, superficiality, and cannibalism. Blixen also guides us toward a new, gender-crossing take on theories of creative misreading. Moreover, we encounter a family history entangled with the history of Scandinavian Studies in the Soviet Union and Lithuania, and we learn about the significance of Denmark for post-communist Lithuanian scholars. Finally, Ieva encourages us to listen to the text and emphasizes the importance of intellectual exchange beyond national and political borders. Timestamps: (00:00:00) Introducing Ieva Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė(00:01:56) Life Patterns and Scandinavian Studies in Lithuania  (00:13:40) Georg Brandes Skolen(00:20:52) Introducing Karen Blixen(00:31:38) Looking at Blixen through Play(00:41:43) Workshop: Recurring Images and Characters in “Echoes”(00:48:06) Metafiction, Art and Life(00:51:34) Resurrection and Cannibalism (00:58:54) Is Blixen difficult?(01:03:48) The Playful Vampire-Artist(01:11:29) Theories of Influence(01:16:08) Navigating through “Tempests”(01:23:27) Art Cannot Make People Happy(01:34:23) The Tension between Symbol and Allegory(01:39:54) Art and Transcendence(01:42:57) The Shipwreck Versus the Floating Ship(01:46:00) Other Research Interests: Scandinavia, Lithuania and Beyond(01:54:00) Advice to Student-SelfBibliography, further information, and comments are available on Experiment Geisteswissenschaften.https://exgeist.hypotheses.org/category/nordlittIdeas and conception: Stefanie von SchnurbeinCut: Cecilia Falkman

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• Trans Writing - Trans Reading. From Victoria Benedictsson to New Danish Literature. In conversation with Mons Bissenbakker

  Mons Bissenbakker, Copenhagen University, invites nordlitt to a conversation about new Danish literature on trans experiences. We discuss how trans writers navigate existing narratives and seek alternative modes of expression within a system that resists ambivalence – both its own and that of others. We also speculate about the problem of masculinity and find resonances between being on testosterone and menopause. Revisiting a story by Victoria Benedictsson/Ernst Ahlgren, Mons Bissenbakker demonstrates a new trans reading, navigating between resonance and recognition, and offering insights into 19th century sexology and the figure of the invert. Last but not least, he outs nordlitt's final question as a rather “trans” enquiry.Timestamps:(00:00:00) Introducing Mons Bissenbakker(00:03:00) Literature as a Way of Establishing Conversation(00:06:16) Transgender Literature in a Danish Context (00:14:37) The Relationship to Language, Narrative and Genre(00:24:41) Gry Stokkendahl Dalgas and At performe transkønnet vrede(00:31:52) Luka Holmegaard and Havet i munden(00:37:51) Understanding Pain and Suffering through the Medical System versus SM(00:49:35) Building Community and its Political Implications(56:16:00) Victoria Benediction/Ernst Ahlgren through a “Trans-Lens”(01:04:32) ”Ur mörkret” and Reading for Resonance and Recognition(01:10:17) The Figure of the Invert (01:18:25) Misogynist Feminism(00:27:42) Naming and Understanding the Author Ernst Ahlgren(01:34:38) Future Research Projects(01:37:04) Advice to Student-Self (“a very trans-question”!)Bibliography, further information, and comments are available on Experiment Geisteswissenschaften. https://exgeist.hypotheses.org/category/nordlittIdea and conception: Stefanie von SchnurbeinCut: Cecilia Falkman

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• „Grey People"? Eastern Europeans in Norwegian Literature. In Conversation with Karolina Drozdowska

  With Karolina Drozdowska, a Polish guest from NTNU in Trondheim, nordlitt widens its geographical range eastwards. Drawing on a wide array of contemporary and historical texts, from new crime novels to Romantic patriotic poems, we discuss continuities and changes in representations of Polish people and Eastern Europeans in Norwegian literature since the Enlightenment. We learn about the persistence of the Iron Curtain, the demonization of Russia, and we muse about the function of stereotypes and caricatures. We also explore ways of combining and working with large online corpora and close readings, while reflecting on the benefits of working in international, interdisciplinary networks. Dreams of new research projects take shape, accompanied by the reassuring advice: Be not afraid of academia. Timestamps: (00:00:00) Introducing Karolina Drozdowska (00:04:37) Scandinavian Studies in Poland (00:13:45) Representations of Eastern Europeans in Norwegian Literature (00:19:18) Method: Building a Corpus (00:24:45) Work Migration, Exoticization, and the Shadow of the Iron Curtain (00:32:50) Caricatures and Postcolonial Readings (00:47: 37) Shifting Images and Imaginations (00:51:20) Otherness and “Grey People” (00:58:05) Lithuania and Lithuanians in Norwegian Crime Fiction (01:07:45) Research Networks (01:13:00) The Research Project ImagiNation (01:18:12) Poland in 19th Century Scandinavian Literature (01:27:26) Comparisons: Representations of Ukrainians and Jewish Migration (01:34:37) Connecting Research and Translation Work (01:39:44) Advice to Student Self Bibliography, further information, and comments are available on Experiment Geisteswissenschaften. https://exgeist.hypotheses.org/category/nordlitt Idea and conception: Stefanie von Schnurbein Cut: Cecilia Falkman

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• „Vor den Kulissen“ – nordlitt im Gespräch an der Universität Flensburg

  Nach einer kreativen Pause ist nordlitt zurück mit einer Spezialfolge. Am 16. Oktober waren Stefanie und Cecilia zu Gast an der Europa-Universität Flensburg und haben beim „Tag der Fakultät II“ ein Gespräch über das Podcasten geführt. Es ging um Inspirationen, die Freude am Experimentieren, dumme Fragen und darum, was ein gutes Gespräch eigentlich ausmacht. Und wir warfen einen Blick hinter die Kulissen und sprachen darüber, wie eine Podcastfolge entsteht – von der Idee bis zur Aufnahme. Im Austausch mit dem Flensburger Publikum erkundeten wir auch die Verbindungen zwischen Lehre, Forschung und Vermittlung. Timestamps: (00:00:00) Einführung ins Gespräch (00:04:20) ”Gespräch als Methode: Der Podcast nordlitt in Forschung, Lehre und Vermittlung” (00:06:18) Über die Entstehung von nordlitt (00:14:58) Warum ein Audiopodcast?  (00:19:10) Der Podcast in der Lehre (00:27:22) Über Risiken und das Experimentieren  (00:30:40) Merkmale eines guten Gesprächs (00:32:56) Wissenschaftliches Podcasten (00:41:30) Scheitern und Ausprobieren  (00:44:45) Fragen aus dem Publikum Alle Literaturanagaben, weitere Kommentare auf dem Experiment Geisteswissenscahften-Blog. https://exgeist.hypotheses.org/category/nordlitt Idee und Konzeption: Stefanie von Schnurbein Schnitt: Cecilia Falkman

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• Networked Novels. Spatiality in Contemporary Finland-Swedish Literature. In Conversation with Kristina Malmio

  Kristina Malmio, University of Helsinki, shares her research on local and global tendencies in Finland-Swedish literature with the help of two complex novels by Monika Fagerholm (The American Girl) and Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo (In Transit). We muse about the status of a privileged minority literature and discuss the shifting locations of centers and peripheries. We explore in-between-spaces and other metaphors of literary spaces and look at movements of novels and their characters between countries, continents and cultures. Finally, we are encouraged: Trust yourself! Literature takes you everywhere. Timestamps: (00:00:31) Kristina Malmio’s Way to Literature Studies and Scandinavian Studies  (00:05:00) The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland  (00:09:21) Historical and Contemporary Finland-Swedish Literature (00:18:10) Minor Literature and World Literature (00:23:02) Introducing Monika Fagerholm and The American Girl (00:30:45) Postmodern Literature and Kaleidoscopic Collaging (00:37:32) Fagerholm’s Constructing of Space  (00:34:48) Reconstructing the Belief in Narration    (00:41:11) The Reception in the US (00:48:00) The Polycentric and Networked Novel (01:01:12) Fagerholm on the Scandinavian Literature Scene  (01:04:43) Introducing Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo and In Transit (01:14:13) The Chronotope of the Road and Bodily Experiences (01:22:19) Anchoring in Space (01:24:06) The Image of the North Pole Explorer (01:29:33) Space in Contemporary Poetry  (01:30:40) Advice to Student Self  (01:31:43) An Announcement  Bibliography, further information, and comments are available on Experiment Geisteswissenschaften. https://exgeist.hypotheses.org/ Idea and conception: Stefanie von Schnurbein Cut: Cecilia Falkman Do you have questions or comments for us at nordlitt? Please contact us at: [email protected]

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