Why don't I just give up on Norwegian politics? Does anyone have a good answer? It is not politics, so much as a badly directed Ionesco play. Høyre (centre-right party, more or less) now wants to introduce awards for academic achievements in schools. Buttons, diplomas, lists of the best students. Reward the brilliant, knowledgeable, hard-working ( Read more... )

I want to read literary theory, but where on earth to begin? And about theatre. And I think I should start reading Norwegian again, my written Norwegian is god-awful - and I think I shall write something about why I dislike Vinje ( Read more... )