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Lill Tove Fredriksen is Associate Professor in Sámi Literature at UiT The Arctic Universitŧ of Norway. Her research interests include Sámi contemporary prose and indigenous perspectives in the academy.
Listen to 'A brief history of Sámi literature' in English or Finnish! This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read out in assorted languages by colleagues and friends. Great for learning Finnish or English. / Tämä podcast-jakso on nimeltään 'Lyhyt historia saamelaisesta kirjallisuudesta' ja se on käännös sivustolla julkaistusta samannimisestä artikkelista ”A brief history of Sami literature”. Jakso nauhoitettiin Århusin yliopistossa tammikuussa 2020 ja sen lukee Tuuli Veikkanen.
In this short video, Lill Tove Fredriksen, Associate Professor in Sámi Literature at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, discusses the Sámi language pre-, during and after Norwegianisation, taking four generations of her family’s women as a starting point.
Sámi literature's history can be traced from the 1600s and the course of this history can be interpreted in the context of important Sámi, national and international political movements. Sámi literature is literature written by authors who are Sámi, who are members of the Sámi people. In this short article, the Sámi socio-political development will be illustrated as well as the expression of an independent Sámi voice through literature.
