Eli Løfaldli
Eli Løfaldli
Professor, Deputy Head of Research at the Department of Language and Literature
eli.lofaldli@ntnu.no
About
Research
Adaptation and appropriation
I work on the various ways in which literary and other material is used, re-used, reworked and rewritten in other texts and for new contexts. My research has centred on the practical and theoretical aspects of different forms of appropriation, such as translation, imitation, edition and adaptation for film and television.
Eighteenth-century literature
Much of my research has dealt with eighteenth-century literature and culture, and with authors such as Henry Fielding, Charlotte Lennox. Richard Graves and Laurence Sterne. I have a particular interest in investigating how this period is understood and represented today, and I am currently working on projects on the interactions between the past and the present in biographical and autobiographical films and texts that deal with eighteenth-century individuals.
Masculinities
Representations of masculinity, both in the eighteenth century and today, is another recurring theme in my research. Examples are investigations into how notions of manhood are appropriated, adapted and translated as the genre of Nordic Noir is being exported to new contexts and how male heterosexuality has been framed and conceptualised in modern and eighteenth-century texts.
Research groups:
The Politics of Rewriting
Literary and Cultural Eighteenth-Century Studies (LACES)
Teaching and supervision
English literature, most often within the areas of adaptation and appropriation studies and eighteenth-century literature.
Links:
Publications
2025
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2025)
Å skrive om andre: Etikk i litteratur og film.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2022
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2022)
The Ideological Recontextualisation of Modern Fatherhood in Scandinavian and British Nordic Noir Crime Series.
Modern Languages Open
Academic article
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2022)
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRIVATE LIFE WRITING AS EVIDENCE OF MEN'S SEXUAL PRACTICES: CASE REOPENED.
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Academic article
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2022)
“What’s in a Name?” Authorship as (Micro)Genre in
the Paratext of the Hogarth Shakespeare Project.
Interfaces (Paris)
Academic article
2019
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Greenall, Annjo Klungervik;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2019)
Translation and Adaptation as Recontextualization: The Case of The Snowman.
Adaptation
Academic article
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2019)
'Leave the Character of Graveairs in the Country': Reading Tom Jones through the lens of Tom Jones And Tom Jones.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2018
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2018)
From Biographical Text to Biopic: Adapting the Cultural Memory of the Eighteenth Century.
1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Academic article
2017
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2017)
Staging Henry Fielding: The Author-Narrator in Tom Jones On Screen.
Authorship
Academic article
2016
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2016)
'The Terrorist as Quixote: The Case of Anders Behring Breivik'.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2015
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Jones, Tom;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2015)
Appropriation of and in the eighteenth century.
Forum for Modern Language Studies
Academic article
2012
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2012)
Quixotic Book Consumption in Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2008
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Løfaldli, Eli;
Hawthorn, Jeremy;
Goring, Paul.
(2008)
Less of a Man: Quixotism and Masculinities in Eighteenth-Century Fiction.
NTNU Trondheim
Doctoral dissertation
2004
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Goring, Paul Michael;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2004)
Sterne's Nordic Presence: Denmark, Norway, Sweden.
Continuum
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2003
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Goring, Paul Michael;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2003)
'A Sentimental Journey through Germany, Denmark and Sweden: a note on sources for early Scandic translations of Sterne'.
The Shandean
Academic article
2000
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2000)
Female Quixotism. A Study of Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Tabitha Gilman Tenney's Female Quixotism.
Skriftserie, Senter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning
Report
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2000)
Domesticating the knight errant: Arabella's closet in Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote.
Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2022)
The Ideological Recontextualisation of Modern Fatherhood in Scandinavian and British Nordic Noir Crime Series.
Modern Languages Open
Academic article
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2022)
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRIVATE LIFE WRITING AS EVIDENCE OF MEN'S SEXUAL PRACTICES: CASE REOPENED.
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Academic article
-
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2022)
“What’s in a Name?” Authorship as (Micro)Genre in
the Paratext of the Hogarth Shakespeare Project.
Interfaces (Paris)
Academic article
-
Greenall, Annjo Klungervik;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2019)
Translation and Adaptation as Recontextualization: The Case of The Snowman.
Adaptation
Academic article
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2018)
From Biographical Text to Biopic: Adapting the Cultural Memory of the Eighteenth Century.
1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Academic article
-
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2017)
Staging Henry Fielding: The Author-Narrator in Tom Jones On Screen.
Authorship
Academic article
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Jones, Tom;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2015)
Appropriation of and in the eighteenth century.
Forum for Modern Language Studies
Academic article
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Goring, Paul Michael;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2003)
'A Sentimental Journey through Germany, Denmark and Sweden: a note on sources for early Scandic translations of Sterne'.
The Shandean
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2025)
Å skrive om andre: Etikk i litteratur og film.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Løfaldli, Eli.
(2019)
'Leave the Character of Graveairs in the Country': Reading Tom Jones through the lens of Tom Jones And Tom Jones.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2016)
'The Terrorist as Quixote: The Case of Anders Behring Breivik'.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2012)
Quixotic Book Consumption in Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Goring, Paul Michael;
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2004)
Sterne's Nordic Presence: Denmark, Norway, Sweden.
Continuum
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2000)
Domesticating the knight errant: Arabella's closet in Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote.
Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Løfaldli, Eli;
Hawthorn, Jeremy;
Goring, Paul.
(2008)
Less of a Man: Quixotism and Masculinities in Eighteenth-Century Fiction.
NTNU Trondheim
Doctoral dissertation
-
Løfaldli, Eli.
(2000)
Female Quixotism. A Study of Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Tabitha Gilman Tenney's Female Quixotism.
Skriftserie, Senter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning
Report
Outreach
2022
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2022) Fictionalised treatments of traumatic events: Cultural memory in adaptation. UiO Memory Moves: Approaching Distant Memory , Oslo 2022-09-20 - 2022-09-21
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2022) New Conceptions, New Conventions: Eighteenth-Century Lives on Screen. Association of Adaptation Studies AAS Conference: (In)Visible Adaptation: Diversity and Inclusion , Lisboa 2022-06-23 - 2022-06-25
2019
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2019) (Il)legitimate Appropriation: A Question of Ethics or Aesthetics?. Literary Citizenship 2019-09-25 - 2019-09-27
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Interview
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Interview
2018
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2018) Exporting Ideology: Modern Fatherhood in Nordic Noir Crime Series. IMLR/SAS, University of London Watching the Transnational Detectives: Showcasing Identity and Internationalism on British Television , London 2018-11-08 - 2018-11-09
2017
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli; Greenall, Annjo Klungervik. (2017) Translation and Adaptation as Recontextualization: The Case of Nordic Noir. University of Cyprus Intersemiotic Translation, Adaptation, Transposition: Saying Almost the Same Thing? , Nicosia 2017-11-10 - 2017-11-12
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2017) Gutta på tur: Manndom i eksport av Nordic Noir. Forskergruppen Om-Pol ved Institutt for språk og litteratur Omskrivingens politikk , NTNU, Dragvoll 2017-12-06 - 2017-12-06
2016
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InterviewLøfaldli, Eli. (2016) 'Taking 'different steps': Experts explain the challenges, advantages of adapting novels into films'. Deseret News Deseret News [Newspaper] 2016-07-01
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2016) 'Representations of the Author-Narrator in Tom Jones (1749, 1963, 1997)'. University of Dundee Authorship and Appropriation , Dundee 2016-04-08 - 2016-04-09
2015
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2015) 'Leave the Character of Graveairs in the Country': Eighteenth-Century London in Adaptation . Association of Adaptation Studies Adaptation and the Metropolis , London 2015-09-24 - 2015-09-25
2014
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2014) Mind the Gap: Methodological Challenges in Adaptation Studies. NTNU 'There and Back Again': Adaptation as Oscillation , Trondheim 2014-12-08 - 2014-12-08
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Interview
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LectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2014) Masteroppgaven i lektorprogrammet: Disiplinfag og/eller fagdidaktikk?. NTNU Masteroppgaven i NTNUs lektorutdanning , Trondheim 2014-10-27 - 2014-10-27
2013
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LectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2013) 'The long expected ball at Netherfield' on screen. Institutt for språk og litteratur, NTNU Kjærlighet i 200 år: En hyllest til Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice (1813) , Trondheim 2013-11-09 - 2013-11-09
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2013) The terrorist as quixote: Truth vs. fiction. NorLit/Institutt for språk og litteratur, NTNU Litteratur og terror (NorLit-konferansen 2013) , Trondheim 2013-08-22 - 2013-08-24
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2013) Uncovering male modesty. The Norwegian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies The Eighteenth Century in Practice: The First Nordic Conference for Eigheenth-Century Studies , Oslo 2013-08-28 - 2013-08-31
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Interview
2011
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2011) Adaptasjonsteori for lærere. Gjesteforelesning , Dragvoll, NTNU 2011-05-04 - 2011-05-04
2010
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2010) Literary Appropriation in the Eighteenth Century: Theoretical Challenges and Methodological Problems. British Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies British Society of Eighteenth-Century Society Annual Conference 2010-01-05 - 2010-01-07
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2010) Appropriation in and of Eighteenth-Century Culture. IFS, NTNU Appropriation in and of Eighteenth-Century Culture , Trondheim 2010-12-09 - 2010-12-10
2009
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2009) The Wigless Wildgoose:The Semiotics of the (Absent) Wig in Richard Graves’ The Spiritual Quixote. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies BSECS 38th Annual Conference , Oxford 2009-01-06 - 2009-01-08
2003
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Academic lectureGoring, Paul Michael; Løfaldli, Eli. (2003) "The Scandinavian reception of Laurence Sterne". The second conference presenting contributions to a multi-authored project on Laurence Sterne's European reception , University of Oxford, England 2002-03-14 -
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2003) ''So Dull and Insensible a Knight': Cervantic Bed-Hopping and Quixotic Chastity'. Travelling Gender Theory , Trondheim 2003-03-31 -
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Academic lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2003) 'Negotiating Gender in Literary Criticism; Or, Literary Critics Negotiating Gender'. Forskning og Samfunn (HFITK801) , Trondheim 2003-01-14 -
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Popular scientific lectureLøfaldli, Eli. (2003) 'From Rönnerdahl to Colin Firth: Travelling Snapshots of Don Quixote'. The English Section Research Seminar , Trondheim 2003-02-07 -
2002
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Popular scientific lectureAngelsen, Anja; Greenall, Annjo Klungervik; Løfaldli, Eli. (2002) The EDIT project, and some reflections on translation from a dialogical perspective. The English Department Research Seminar , Trondheim 2002-03-15 -