Courses
Spring semester 2006
St. Olaf College: Norwegian 382: Ibsen
Instructor: Solveig Zempel. Tuesday/Thursday 9:35-11:00
Students analyze the plays of Henrik Ibsen in English translation using a variety of critical approaches. Students investigate ethical issues and themes in Ibsen’s plays by examining the plays through the lens of ethics, using readings in ethical theory to better understand both the ethical issues and the plays themselves. Students also study Ibsen’s dramatic technique and the historical and literary context of his work.
Fall semester 2006
University of Minnesota: SCAN 5615: Ibsen and the Beginning of Modern Drama (3.0 cr)
Instructor: Goran Stockenstrom. Tuesday/Thursday 12:45-2:00.
Close reading of Ibsen’s modern tragedies from A Doll’s House (1879) to When We Dead Awaken (1899). Focus is on the dialectics between Ibsen and his society, and dramatic structure and staging conventions in the context of modern theater. Readings in English for nonmajors.