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Comparative Literature 13, Danish and Norwegian dramatists. Special attention paid to Holberg, Oehlenschager Bjornson, and Ibsen, and their relations to European literature. Half course, second half-year. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 11. Professor Schofield...
...theatrical world. His fame, which is international rests on solid achievements, refinement of delivery, literary insight, and profound study of character. Let me only say that I count it among the great memories of my student days to have seen him in such parts as Byron's "Manfred," Bjornson's "Advokat Berendt," or as Shylock, Mephisto and Wallenstein. The part of Rabbi Sichel in the play to be performed here is one of his very best, and, on account of its naturalness, is particularly well adapted to an audience unused to German acting. Harvard students interested in the drama have...
Under the title of "The White Bear of Norway," Mr. H.G. Leach gives a somewhat journalese account of Bjornson and his struggle to form a national language in Norway. One can only hope that Mr. Leach is not a good reporter; according to him Bjornson admits that the rural speech he is trying to suppress is more beautiful than that of the cities, which he is trying to force on all, but maintains that the future of Norway, "like the future of all other nations, is to be industrial, and the language of industry is the language of the cities...
...Bridal March" and "One Day," by B. Bjornson...