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Astrid Sæther

Associate Professor Emeritus
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Email astrid.sather@ibsen.uio.no
Phone +47 22 85 86 78
Mobile phone +47 92 48 38 28
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Visiting address Henrik Wergeland's Building 2nd floor Niels Henrik Abels v. 36 0313 OSLO
Postal address P.O. Box 1166 Blindern 0318 OSLO

Academic interests

  • Norwegian (Nordic) literature with emphasis on Henrik Ibsen's authorship and biography
  • Sigrid Undset and Knut Hamsun's authorship, especially production in the 1930s (narrativity and ideology)
  • Newer Nordic feminist literature, feminist theory
  • Interdisciplinary oriented (art history, psychology and music) in research and teaching

Teaching

Ibsen Studies (master's - 2 years)

On-going Projects

  • Henrik Ibsen's Princesses: On the Relation between Ibsen and four Female Artist Friends, 2014-  (Supported by NFF)
  • Ibsen Reconstructed: Translation, Commentaries, and Introduction. Berkeley, CA

Completed Projects

  • Den biografiske Ibsen (The Biographical Ibsen), 2010

  • Suzannah - Fru Ibsen, 2004-2008 (supported by NFF)

  • Ibsen, Tragedy, and the Tragic, 2002

  • Ibsen and the Arts: Painting - Sculpture - Architecture, 2001

  • Henrik Ibsen's Writings (initiating the project),1997-2000

Cooperation

  • Participated in the project «Nordisk kvinnelitteraturhistorie» (History of Nordic Women Litterature), 1983 - 1989
  • Led various projects, including Henrik Ibsen and Georg Brandes, 2004 - 2006
Tags: Henrik Ibsen's Works, Theater Studies, Biography, Inter-disiplinary Studies, Sigrid Undset's Works

Publications

  • Sæther, Astrid (2016). Falling Men:an Intertextual Motif in Ibsen's Prose and Dramatic Writing. Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Philologia. ISSN 1220-0484. 61(3), p. 63–79. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2016). Coming Home: Peer Gynt in its Native Setting. On the Annual Peer Gynt Performance at Lake Gålå Gudbrandsdalen. In Helland, Frode & Holledge, Julie (Ed.), Ibsen Between Cultures. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270998630. p. 229–248. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2015). Woody Allen - Henrik Ibsen. Hedda and her sisters - on women and Space. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. p. 379–391. doi: 10.7557/13.3383. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2012). On Peer Gynt: A Critical Review of the Annual Peer Gynt Performance in Golaa, Gudbrandsdalen. In Jian, Sun; Liang, Chen & Jianxin, Zhu (Ed.), Ibsen Across Cultures. Fudan University Press. ISSN 9787309087918. p. 29–44. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2012). Ibsens Kjærlighetens komedie. Noen momenter til en bigrafisk lesning. In Tjønneland, Eivind (Eds.), Gloria amoris. Kjærlighetens komedie 150 år. Alvheim og Eide Akademisk forlag. ISSN 9788290359879. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2011). Hedda, or Aspiration Sky High. In Holmberg, Claes-Göran & Ljung, Per Erik (Ed.), IASS 2010 Proceedings. Föredrag vid den 28:e studiekonferansen i International Association of Scandinavian Studies (IASS) i Lund 3 - 7 august 2010. Lund University Open Access. ISSN 9789174738391. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2010). Fire biografers blikk på Ibsens fire prinsesser, Den biografiske Ibsen. Unipub forlag. ISSN 9788291540115. p. 141–165. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2010). "Reflections on the relationship between Ibsen's character Peer Gynt and Edward Munch's perception of the self. In Helland, Frode; Tam, Kwok-kan & Yip, Terry Siu-han (Ed.), Ibsen and the Modern Self. Open University of Hong Kong Press. ISSN 9789627707738. p. 47–61. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2009). Obituary. Asbjørn Aarseth. Ibsen Studies. ISSN 1502-1866. IX(2), p. 97–99. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2009). Hamsun og Undset, Knut Hamsuns stier i Bjørnsons og Undsets rike. Forlag1. ISSN 9788292735428. p. 137–149. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2009). Henrik Ibsen, Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 354: Norweigen Writers. Gale Cengage. ISSN 9780787681722. p. 136–150. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2008). Ut av faderhuset. Om Sigrid Undsets selvbiografiske fortelling "Elleve år". Gymnadenia : medlemsblad for Sigrid Undset selskapet. ISSN 0809-4225. 1, p. 12–19. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2006). Skjønnhet og makt. Brandes' kritikk av Hedda og Hilde. In Johansen, Jørgen Dines; Kittang, Atle & Sæther, Astrid (Ed.), Ibsen og Brandes. Studier i et forhold. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788205358720. p. 221–239. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2006). Skjønnhet og makt. Brandes' kritikk av Hedda og Hilde. In Kittang, Atle; Johansen, Jørgen Dines & Sæther, Astrid (Ed.), Ibsen og Brandes. Studier i et forhold. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205358720. p. 221–240. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sæther, Astrid (2006). Suzannah - Fru Ibsen. In Horn, Ellen (Eds.), Ibsens kvinner. Kunnskapsforlaget. ISSN 9788257317683. p. 12–23. Full text in Research Archive

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