Scandinavian Studies 374/Literature in Translation 274
Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature:
The Twentieth Century. 

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Lit Trans 274/ Scan 374                                          Name:___________________________ 

I. LONG ESSAY (20 minutes): 

1. Choose EITHER Jersild's A Living Soul OR Hoeg's Smilla's Sense of Snow.  Discuss to what extent the book is or is not postmodern. 

II. SHORT ESSAY (10 minutes): Choose ONE of the following: 

1.  Postmodern texts avoid authoritative third-person narratives.  Why?  Refer to examples from our texts to illustrate your discussion. 

2.  How have our texts treated the themes of consumerism/commercialism? 

III. SHORT ESSAY (10 minutes): Choose ONE of the following: 

1. Whodunnit in Willumsen's "The Wax Doll?"

2. Discuss Gerd Brantenberg's use of language in the excerpts from Egalia's Daughters. 

IV. Match TEN and NOT MORE of the following.  (10 minutes) 

 

______	1. Jan	A.  is a medical doctor
______	2. the hand	B.  Flink's present
______	3. a bird	C. is a latch key kid
______	4. Smilla	D. smells of lemon
______	5. some gum	E. is a spy
______	6. Smilla's mother	F. narrator wants it but can't say what kind
______	7. Petronius	G. obeys Ypsilon
______	8. P.C. Jersild	H. is part Danish, part Greenlandic
______	9. a knitted cap	I. is stapled in a magazine
______	10. ice cream	J.  a gift to Benedikte
______	11.the mechanic	K. wants to be a seawom
______	12.  Benedikte's mother	L. dies in a hunting accident
______	13.  Tora	M. plays the violin

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