2607 Modern Norwegian Literature: Film and Fiction
Emneansvarlig: Judith Torvik
Hamsun, Knut: Hunger. Transl.by Robert Bly. Introduction by Paul Auster. New York: Noonday Press, 1998.
OR
Hamsun, Knut. Hunger. Transl.by Sverre Lyngstad. New York: Penguin, 1998
OR
Hamsun, Knut. Hunger. Transl.by George Egerton. New York: Dover, 2003
OR in Norwegian:
Hamsun, Knut. Sult.Oslo: Gyldendal, 2001
Ibsen, Henrik: Ibsen. Four major Plays. Vol. I. Revised edition. Transl. with a foreword by Rolf Fjelde. New York: Signet Classic, p. 115–216.
OR Ibsen, Henrik. translatedby Crisopher Hampton. The Wild Duck. London: Faber, 1980.
OR inNorwegian:
Ibsen, Henrik Vildanden. Postscript by Helene Uri. Oslo: Gyldendal, 2005
Undset, Sigrid: The Bridal Wreath in Kristin Lavransdatter. Transl.by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott. London: Abacus, 1996.
OR
Undset, Sigrid. Kristin Lavransdatter. Transl. with an introduction by Tiina Nunnally. New York: Penguin, 1997.
OR in Norwegian: Kransen i Kristin Lavransdatter. 2002. Oslo: Aschehoug.
Vesaas, Tarjei: The Birds. Translated by Torbjørn Støverud and Michael Barnes. London: Peter Owen, 2002.
OR in Norwegian:
Vesaas, Tarjei. Fuglane. Oslo: Gyldendal, 2001.
Secondary reading:
Auster, Paul: “The Art of Hunger” : essays, prefaces, interviews. Los Angeles 1992.
Hermundsgård, Frode. 1989. “The Birds: Primitive Man and the Conflict Between Intellect and Emotion.” In: Child of the Earth: Tarjei Vesaas and Scandinavian Primitivism. Wesport: Greenwood Press, 82–93.
Jorgenson, Theodore. 1963. “The Illusions of a Wounded Humanity.” In: Henrik Ibsen. Life and Drama. Northfield, Minnesota: St. Olaf College Press, 373–391.
Miller, Arthur. 1949. Excerpt from “Tragedy and the Common Man” (two pages).
Winsnes, A.H. Chapter VI from A Study of Christian Realism, translated by P. G. Foote. New York: Sheed and Ward (1953), 92–152.
Films:
Vildanden directed by Tancred Ibsen (1963) and The Wild Duck directed by Nick Levinson. Translated by James McFarlane. Produced for BBC (1975).
Sult, directed by Henning Carlsen. 1966.
Kristin Lavransdatter. Directed by Liv Ullmann. 1995.
Fuglane. Directed by Withold Leszczynski (1968). Subtitles in Norwegian.
Suggested 7. Herbjørg Wassmo
Herbjørg Wassmo: Dinas bok [Dina’s Book]. 1989.
English: Dina’s Book. Translated by Nadia M. Christensen. London: Black Swan (1996).
Norwegian: Herjørg Wassmo: Dinas bok. Oslo: Gyldendal (2002).
Film: Jeg er Dina. Dette er min historie. Directed by Ole Bornedal (2002).
