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The Nordic War over Sexual Morality: Arne Garborg and Anne Charlotte Leffler.

Introduction

One of the most highly charged social debates during the Modern Breakthrough was over sexual morality. Arne Garborg enters the debate in a light-hearted fashion with "Youth," a story about Anne Malena who does not seem hampered by the same sexual inhibitions that provoke guilt and blame in others. Anne Charlotte Leffler's "Aurore Bunge" tells the story of a woman who gives in to her natural sexual impulses, but must pay a high price to maintain her social standing.

Lecture

 

1. The Nordic War of Sexual Morality (7:39 min)	2. Arne Garborg (7:06 min)	3. "Youth" (15:42 min)
4. Anne Charlotte Leffler (6:59 min)	5. "Aurore Bunge" (3:20 min)

Readings

• Garborg's "Youth" in Short Stories from Norway.
• Leffler's "Aurore Bunge" in Sex and the Modern Breakthrough.

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