Session Details

Saturday, 08 January

421. Narrating Their Lives: Women Writers and the Nordic Tradition

8:30–9:45 a.m., 304B, LA Convention Center

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Scandinavian Languages and Literatures

Presiding: Ursula Lindqvist, Harvard Univ.

1. “Based on a True Story: Realism and Autobiography in Contemporary Swedish Literature,” Jenny Björklund, Uppsala Univ.

2. “The Northern North in Åsa Larsson’s Sun Storm,” Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm, Cornell Univ.

3. “The Two Lives of Selma Lagerlöf,” Jennifer Watson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Close Window