Siv Gøril Brandtzæg
About
I am an associate professor in comparative literature, and the leader of the project The Norwegian Skilling Ballad, 1550-1950: Recovering a cultural heritage, funded by the Research Council of Norway. You can read more about this project on the NRC webpages, and on my research blog (link to the right: in Norwegian only).
Research interests
- Broadside ballads and popular literature in Norway, Scandinavia and Europe.
- Natural disasters in literature; ecocriticism.
- Early modern media, literary criticism and reception studies.
- Sentimental novels and female fiction; eighteenth century fiction.
- Digital humanities and book history.
Publications
I have published artices and book chapters on Norwegian, Scandinavian and European broadside ballads, and articles and book chapters on British eighteenth-century fiction and media culture. The book Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century (Brill, 2018) was co-edited with Paul Goring and Christina Watson. In 2021 I am editing two mayor anthologies on Norwegian skilling ballads to be published with Scandianvian Academic Press, and a monograph with the same publisher, on natural disasters in skilling ballads.
Teaching
This semester I am teaching an MA and BA course in comparative literature, on environmental disasters in early modern European ballads (ALIT3202/2202). I have taught on BA and MA levels in both comparative literature (ALIT) and English, covering most genres and periods. I am currently supervising a PhD-student, and I am interested in supervising MA-students. Please contact me for a chat about potential topics.
Outreach experience
I take a very keen interest in contemporary literary culture, and I am regularly involved in literary festivals, reading, media interviews and panel discussions. In 2021 I am preoccupied with teaching as well as finalising book manuscripts, so I will have limited time to dedicate to outreach beyond presenting my own research.
Publications
2020
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Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2020)
The News Ballad in Europe, 1500–1900: konferanserapport.
Puls - journal for ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology.
volum 5.
Short communication
2019
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2019)
Evelina på ball: sosiale transformasjoner i 1700-tallets engelske roman.
Europæisk litteratur 1500‑1800. Bind 3. Samfundet. Fra hoffet til byen.
Academic chapter/article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2019)
Rene toner, falske nyheter: Skillingsviser i det tidligmoderne Skandinavia.
K&K: kultur og klasse.
volum 47 (128).
Scientific translation/review
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2019)
Singing the News in the Eighteenth Century. A Media Perspective on Norwegian Skilling Ballads.
Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore.
volum 74.
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Strand, Karin Inga-Maj.
(2019)
The Scandinavian Skilling Ballad: A Transnational Cultural Heritage.
Cheap Print and the People European Perspectives on Popular Literature.
Chapter
2018
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Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2018)
Mercury as Merchant: The Advertisement of Novels in Eighteenth-Century Provincial English Newspapers.
Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century.
Academic chapter/article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2018)
Skillingsvisene i Norge 1550–1950: Historien om et forsømt forskningsfelt.
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning.
volum 105 (2).
Academic article
-
Goring, Paul Michael;
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Watson, Christine.
(2018)
Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century.
Brill Academic Publishers. 2018. ISBN 978-90-04-36287-1. Library of the Written Word (66).
Scientific anthology
2017
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2017)
Advertising Novels in the Early Eighteenth-century Newspaper: Some examples from the Bodleian’s Nichols collection.
Gale Cengage.
Article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2017)
"Kakofoniske kjensler: Per Thomas Andersens Fortelling og følelse. En studie i affektiv narratologi".
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning.
volum 104 (2).
Review
2016
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2016)
Litteraturvitenskap og digital bokhistorie: Argumenter for et arrangert ekteskap.
Ad Libitum. Festskrift til Gunnar Foss.
Academic chapter/article
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Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2016)
Terror and literary criticism: A reading of the epitexts of Sebastian Faulks’ A Week in December.
Litteratur og terror. Volden, politikken, estetikken.
Academic chapter/article
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Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Newbould, Mary;
Williams, Helen.
(2016)
Advertising Sterne's Novels in Eighteenth-Century Newspapers.
The Shandean.
volum 27.
Academic article
2015
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Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2015)
Aversion To Imitation: The Rise Of Literary Hierarchies In Eighteenth-Century Novel Reviews.
Forum for Modern Language Studies.
volum 51 (2).
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2015)
«Jeg ridsede mit Navn paa Héloïses kolde Bryst» - Camilla Colletts Amtmandens Døttre i lys av den europeiske roman.
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning.
volum 2.
Academic article
2014
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Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2014)
Belle Grove, or the Fatal Seduction (1771): A singular Chawton holding.
The Female Spectator.
volum 18 (4).
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2014)
Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire and Emma; Or, The Unfortunate Attachment: a case for de-attribution.
Notes and Queries.
volum 61 (1).
Academic article
2013
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2013)
The Epistolary Novel, an annotated bibliography.
Oxford Bibliographies - British and Irish Literature.
Academic chapter/article
2012
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Eliassen, Knut Ove;
Goring, Paul.
(2012)
The Sentimental Courtship Novel and its Critics, 1769-1796.
2012. ISBN 9788247139257. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2012:304).
PhD thesis
2010
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2010)
Les aspects sombres de la setimentalité.
Dévier et divertir. Littérature et pensée du XVIIIe siècle.
Academic chapter/article
2005
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Eliassen, Knut Ove.
(2005)
"Clarissa og LovelaceEt rettsaksdrama i fem akter".
2005.
Master thesis
Scientific articles
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2019)
Singing the News in the Eighteenth Century. A Media Perspective on Norwegian Skilling Ballads.
Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore.
volum 74.
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2018)
Skillingsvisene i Norge 1550–1950: Historien om et forsømt forskningsfelt.
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning.
volum 105 (2).
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Newbould, Mary;
Williams, Helen.
(2016)
Advertising Sterne's Novels in Eighteenth-Century Newspapers.
The Shandean.
volum 27.
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2015)
Aversion To Imitation: The Rise Of Literary Hierarchies In Eighteenth-Century Novel Reviews.
Forum for Modern Language Studies.
volum 51 (2).
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2015)
«Jeg ridsede mit Navn paa Héloïses kolde Bryst» - Camilla Colletts Amtmandens Døttre i lys av den europeiske roman.
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning.
volum 2.
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2014)
Belle Grove, or the Fatal Seduction (1771): A singular Chawton holding.
The Female Spectator.
volum 18 (4).
Academic article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2014)
Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire and Emma; Or, The Unfortunate Attachment: a case for de-attribution.
Notes and Queries.
volum 61 (1).
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2020)
The News Ballad in Europe, 1500–1900: konferanserapport.
Puls - journal for ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology.
volum 5.
Short communication
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2019)
Rene toner, falske nyheter: Skillingsviser i det tidligmoderne Skandinavia.
K&K: kultur og klasse.
volum 47 (128).
Scientific translation/review
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2017)
Advertising Novels in the Early Eighteenth-century Newspaper: Some examples from the Bodleian’s Nichols collection.
Gale Cengage.
Article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2017)
"Kakofoniske kjensler: Per Thomas Andersens Fortelling og følelse. En studie i affektiv narratologi".
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning.
volum 104 (2).
Review
Books
-
Goring, Paul Michael;
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Watson, Christine.
(2018)
Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century.
Brill Academic Publishers. 2018. ISBN 978-90-04-36287-1. Library of the Written Word (66).
Scientific anthology
Part of book/report
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2019)
Evelina på ball: sosiale transformasjoner i 1700-tallets engelske roman.
Europæisk litteratur 1500‑1800. Bind 3. Samfundet. Fra hoffet til byen.
Academic chapter/article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Strand, Karin Inga-Maj.
(2019)
The Scandinavian Skilling Ballad: A Transnational Cultural Heritage.
Cheap Print and the People European Perspectives on Popular Literature.
Chapter
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2018)
Mercury as Merchant: The Advertisement of Novels in Eighteenth-Century Provincial English Newspapers.
Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century.
Academic chapter/article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2016)
Litteraturvitenskap og digital bokhistorie: Argumenter for et arrangert ekteskap.
Ad Libitum. Festskrift til Gunnar Foss.
Academic chapter/article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2016)
Terror and literary criticism: A reading of the epitexts of Sebastian Faulks’ A Week in December.
Litteratur og terror. Volden, politikken, estetikken.
Academic chapter/article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2013)
The Epistolary Novel, an annotated bibliography.
Oxford Bibliographies - British and Irish Literature.
Academic chapter/article
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril.
(2010)
Les aspects sombres de la setimentalité.
Dévier et divertir. Littérature et pensée du XVIIIe siècle.
Academic chapter/article
Report
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Eliassen, Knut Ove;
Goring, Paul.
(2012)
The Sentimental Courtship Novel and its Critics, 1769-1796.
2012. ISBN 9788247139257. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2012:304).
PhD thesis
-
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril;
Eliassen, Knut Ove.
(2005)
"Clarissa og LovelaceEt rettsaksdrama i fem akter".
2005.
Master thesis