Field of work
I teach English literature and culture at HVL Bergen. I am a specialist in Middle English literature by training and an active researcher in that field. My broader interests include aesthetics and theories of the image (including film and moving images), translation (especially in the medieval North Atlantic), cultures of reading, and the history of English literature as a subject in Norwegian schools.
Research areas
- English literature
- Middle English literature
- Old Norse Literature
- Aesthetics
- Reading
Research groups
Litteraturdidaktikk, DOGS, Literature and Religion (University of Bergen)
- ENU803N, English 2, module 1 - Communication in language, literature and culture, 26/27
- MGUEN201, English 1, module 2 - English language, literature and culture with didactics 2, 26/27, subject responsible
- MGUEN202, English 1, module 2 - English Literature and Culture with Didactics, 26/27, subject responsible
- MGUEN401, English 2, module 2 - Communication in Language, Literature and Culture, 26/27
Publications
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Curiosity, desire, and ingenuity in Þjalar-Jóns saga
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Review of Sarah Salih. Imagining the Pagan in Late Medieval England (2018)
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Sem Lifandi Væri: Lively Ekphrasis and Automata in the Riddarasögur
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Lively Bodies: The Aesthetics of Vitality and Animation in Late Medieval Literature (PhD dissertation)
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The Lover and the Statue: Idolatrous Love in Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar