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

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2020) The News Ballad in Europe, 1500–1900: konferanserapport . Puls - journal for ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology
Short communication

2019

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2019) Rene toner, falske nyheter: Skillingsviser i det tidligmoderne Skandinavia. K&K: kultur og klasse
Academic literature review
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2019) Singing the News in the Eighteenth Century. A Media Perspective on Norwegian Skilling Ballads. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore
Academic article
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2019) Evelina på ball: sosiale transformasjoner i 1700-tallets engelske roman. . Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Strand, Karin Inga-Maj. (2019) The Scandinavian Skilling Ballad: A Transnational Cultural Heritage. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Chapter

2018

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 Library of the Written Word (66)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2018) Mercury as Merchant: The Advertisement of Novels in Eighteenth-Century Provincial English Newspapers . Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2018) Skillingsvisene i Norge 1550–1950: Historien om et forsømt forskningsfelt. Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning
Academic article

2017

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2017) Advertising Novels in the Early Eighteenth-century Newspaper: Some examples from the Bodleian’s Nichols collection. Gale Cengage
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2017) "Kakofoniske kjensler: Per Thomas Andersens Fortelling og følelse. En studie i affektiv narratologi". Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning
Book review

2016

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2016) Terror and literary criticism: A reading of the epitexts of Sebastian Faulks’ A Week in December. Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2016) Litteraturvitenskap og digital bokhistorie: Argumenter for et arrangert ekteskap. Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Newbould, Mary; Williams, Helen. (2016) Advertising Sterne's Novels in Eighteenth-Century Newspapers. The Shandean
Academic article

2015

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
Academic article
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2015) Aversion To Imitation: The Rise Of Literary Hierarchies In Eighteenth-Century Novel Reviews. Forum for Modern Language Studies
Academic article

2014

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2014) Belle Grove, or the Fatal Seduction (1771): A singular Chawton holding. The Female Spectator
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
Academic article

2013

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2013) The Epistolary Novel, an annotated bibliography. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Eliassen, Knut Ove; Goring, Paul. (2012) The Sentimental Courtship Novel and its Critics, 1769-1796. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2012:304)
Doctoral dissertation

2010

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2010) Les aspects sombres de la setimentalité. L'Harmattan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2005

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Eliassen, Knut Ove. (2005) "Clarissa og LovelaceEt rettsaksdrama i fem akter". NTNU Trykk
Thesis at a second degree level

Journal publications

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2020) The News Ballad in Europe, 1500–1900: konferanserapport . Puls - journal for ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology
Short communication
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2019) Rene toner, falske nyheter: Skillingsviser i det tidligmoderne Skandinavia. K&K: kultur og klasse
Academic literature review
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2019) Singing the News in the Eighteenth Century. A Media Perspective on Norwegian Skilling Ballads. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore
Academic article
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2018) Skillingsvisene i Norge 1550–1950: Historien om et forsømt forskningsfelt. Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning
Academic article
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2017) Advertising Novels in the Early Eighteenth-century Newspaper: Some examples from the Bodleian’s Nichols collection. Gale Cengage
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2017) "Kakofoniske kjensler: Per Thomas Andersens Fortelling og følelse. En studie i affektiv narratologi". Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning
Book review
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Newbould, Mary; Williams, Helen. (2016) Advertising Sterne's Novels in Eighteenth-Century Newspapers. The Shandean
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
Academic article
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2015) Aversion To Imitation: The Rise Of Literary Hierarchies In Eighteenth-Century Novel Reviews. Forum for Modern Language Studies
Academic article
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2014) Belle Grove, or the Fatal Seduction (1771): A singular Chawton holding. The Female Spectator
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
Academic article

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 Library of the Written Word (66)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2019) Evelina på ball: sosiale transformasjoner i 1700-tallets engelske roman. . Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Strand, Karin Inga-Maj. (2019) The Scandinavian Skilling Ballad: A Transnational Cultural Heritage. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Chapter
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2018) Mercury as Merchant: The Advertisement of Novels in Eighteenth-Century Provincial English Newspapers . Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2016) Terror and literary criticism: A reading of the epitexts of Sebastian Faulks’ A Week in December. Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2016) Litteraturvitenskap og digital bokhistorie: Argumenter for et arrangert ekteskap. Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2013) The Epistolary Novel, an annotated bibliography. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril. (2010) Les aspects sombres de la setimentalité. L'Harmattan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Eliassen, Knut Ove; Goring, Paul. (2012) The Sentimental Courtship Novel and its Critics, 1769-1796. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2012:304)
Doctoral dissertation
Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril; Eliassen, Knut Ove. (2005) "Clarissa og LovelaceEt rettsaksdrama i fem akter". NTNU Trykk
Thesis at a second degree level

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