| FA-53439-07 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Arnold Weinstein | Power and Expression in Scandinavian Literature and Art | 1/1/2007 - 6/30/2007 | $24,000.00 | Arnold | | Weinstein | | | | Brown University | Providence | RI | 02912-9100 | USA | 2006 | Comparative Literature | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 24000 | 0 | 24000 | 0 |
I will complete my book on Scandinavian literature. By taking the well-known concept of “Breakthrough” (or “Genombrott”) – a term used by Georg Brandes as early as 1883 to identify the social virulence and critical agenda we today associate with a generation of writers such as Ibsen, Björnson, Jacobsen, Strindberg and Hamsun – and reconceiving it so as to illuminate its indwelling violence and boundary-smashing power, I hope to bring a body of fascinating works (literature, children’s books, painting, film) to the attention of a broader literary public. My book is at once an “Introduction” to some of the boldest literary and artistic performances in Scandinavia and also as a scholarly study that will engage specialists in this field. |