Danish literature by 4 Danish students (Sara, Dawn, Maya & Oline)

1. Denmark and Danish literature
>>made by the Danish exchange students<<

2. Danish literature
A little timeline
- The Middle Ages:
- Denmark’s first literature appeared in inscriptions using the runic alphabet.
- The 16th Century:
- Sixteenth-century Danish poetry was religious or polemical with fine love poetry and hymns.
- The Literary Renaissance:
- Thomas Kingo was a prominent poet. His hymns reflect a violent, passionate character,
worldly and yet deeply religious.
- The 18th Century:
- Ludvig Holberg promoted a discussion about morality and the social structure, when being a
playwright for Danish theatre.
- At the same time, a revival of emotional poetry was taking place.
- The Romantic period
- In Denmark, writers started exploring the emotional novels, poems and plays.

3. A few of the most famous danish writers
H.C. Andersen
Ludvig Holberg
Søren Kierkegaard
Karen Blixen
Tove Ditlevsen
Lene Kaaberbøl

4. Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754)
- Norwegian by birth, Danish by heart
- Contributed to Danish Literature
- Playwright/Dramatist for the first Danish-language theatre in Copenhagen (1722)
- Subjects in his pieces:
- morality, satire and the former Danish aristocratic social structure
- Holberg’s way of using humor...
- Holberg changed the Danish Literature in the 18th century

5. H.C. Andersen (1805-1875)
H.C. Andersen (author of fairy tales)
Most famous fairy tales:
- The little mermaid
- The princess and the pea
- The emperor’s new robes
- The wild swans
- The sandman
“To travel is to live.”
“Enjoy life.
There’s plenty of
time to be dead.”

6. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Most well-known Danish philosopher
➔ ‘The Father of Existentialism’
“Life can only be
understood backwards,
but must be lived
forwards”
Themes in authorship:

7. Karen Blixen (1885-1962)
● Born Karen Christentze Dinesen
● From a wealthy Danish family
● Lived in Kenya with husband baron Bror von Blixen-
Finecke
● Several pseudonyms - mostly Isak Dinesen
Famous literary works:
➔ Seven Gothic Tales, by Isak Dinesen,
1934
➔ Out of Africa, by Karen Blixen, 1937
Themes in her authorship:

8. Denmark

9. Popular in Denmark
Sports:
- Soccer
- Handball
Food:
We invented handball!!!

10. What is Denmark famous for?

11. Famous Danish people
● Christian Eriksen
● Caroline Wozniacki
● Mads og Lars Mikkelsen
● Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
● Lukas Graham
● Karen Marie Ørsted (MØ)
● Viggo Mortensen

13. Risskov
High School

14. Our classes
Global Society Class
2nd year at RiG
Dawn & Oline - 2.a

15. Our classes
A “parrot class” (mixed class)
with the Europe Class + Music
Class
2nd year at RiG
Maya, Klara and Sebastian -
2.v

16. Our classes
Math, chemistry and physics
2nd year at RiG
Sara - 2x

17. >>Analysis Task<<
“But think again,” said the witch; “for once your shape has become like a human
being, you can no more be a mermaid. You will never return through the water to
your sisters, or to your father’s palace again; and if you do not win the love of the
prince, so that he is willing to forget his father and mother for your sake, and to love
you with his whole soul, and allow the priest to join your hands that you may be man
and wife, then you will never have an immortal soul. The first morning after he
marries another your heart will break, and you will become foam on the crest of the
waves.”
“I will do it,” said the little mermaid, and she became pale as death.