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November 1, 2003
Room 313, Pyle Center
Storytelling—be it through narrative or song—is
an ancient and vibrant aspect of Scandinavian Culture. People use
stories to instruct,
construct, explain and entertain. In their tales, they wrestle with
the serious issues of their communities and times, or shoot the breeze
in anecdotes or songs meant merely to pass the time. They teach the
rising generation and celebrate or castigate the old. In this one-day
conference, we will examine the many faces and roles of the Nordic
storyteller. |
Friday
3:30 |
Harald
Gaski, University of Tromsø. "The Sámi Storyteller: The Purposes
of Stories."
(7191 HC White) - Reception will follow |
| 9:30 |
Coffee and Welcome |
| 10:00 |
Patricia Conroy, University
of Washington, Seattle. “Singing
New Ballads in the Faroe Islands” |
| 10:45 |
Larry Syndergaard, Western
Michigan University. “Traumatic
Transformations: Villy Sørensen’s Interpretive Schema
and Four English Scottish Ballads” |
| 11:00 |
John Lindow, University
of California, Berkeley. “The Strong
Wife (ML 5090): Interpetation of a Legend Type” |
| 12:15 |
Lunch Break |
| 1:45 |
James Massengale, University
of California, Los Angeles. “The
Reindeer Hunt at Rondane” |
| 2:30 |
Mary Kay Norseng, University
of California, Los Angeles. “No
Place to Hide: The Loss of Forests in Ibsen’s ‘The Wild
Duck’” |
| 3:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 |
Barbro Klein, Swedish Collegium
for Social Sciences. “Personal Hygiene. Storytelling to a national
archive.” |
| 4:15 |
Kirsten Thisted, University
of Copenhagen. “Eqqaamvara-I Remember:
Storytelling in Greenland Today” |
| 5:00 |
Reception |
This event is free and open to the public. It
is sponsored by the Department of Scandinavian Studies, the Folklore Program,
European Studies, and the Nordic Council.
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