Ansattbilde: Ken Runar Hanssen

Ken Runar Hanssen

Førsteamanuensis
Fakultet for lærerutdanning og kunst- og kulturfag
E-post
ken.r.hanssen@nord.no
Telefon
75517000
Studiested
Bodø
Kontor
CA3417

Dr. Ken R. Hanssen is an Associate Professor at Nord University, where he has been teaching since 2006. His primary area of research is the works of William Shakespeare, specifically the late plays (romances), but his scholarly interests are fairly eclectic and wide-ranging and he dabbles as an amateur in a number of adjacent and non-adjacent fields, lately Chaucer studies, Southern fiction, and the genre-defying work of W.G. Sebald. He is also highly concerned with the formative role of literature in education, including curriculum development, explorations of teaching practice, and educational policy.

2025
Estetiske læringsprosesser i grunnskolelærerutdanningens engelskfag 2025, Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift: Hanssen, Ken Runar
2024
W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz and the Problems of Representation 2024, Journal of Modern Literature: Volum 48 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2021
We Are Citizens of the World: A Defence of the American Literature Survey (in the Name of Cosmopolitanism) 2021, Nordic Journal of English Studies (NJES): Volum 20 s. 267-282 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2020
"Kek kek! kokkow! quek quek!": The Glorious Cacophony of Chaucer's Parliament of Fowls 2020, The Chaucer Review A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary Criticism: Volum 55 s. 70-87 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2019
English as Lingua Franca: Language and Formation in the Arctic Region Topical issues of linguistics and methods of teaching foreign languages : Proceedings of the interregional workshop conference with international participation, 26-28 november 2018 2019, Murmansk State Humanities University: s. 105-110 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2018
"Behold, and say 'tis well": The Redemptive Moment in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale 2018, Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: Volum 53 s. 115-128 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2017
"Men are made of the dust of the earth": Time, Space, Matter, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian 2017, The Cormac McCarthy Journal: Volum 15 s. 177-192 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2016
Medusa's head: Boss rattlers, Rattlesnake queens, and goddamn true love in Harry Crews's a Feast of Snakes 2016, Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: Volum 51 s. 99-113 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2014
“I endow’d thy purposes with words that made them known”: Linguistic and Cultural Liminality in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest Languages and cultures in the arctic region: proceedings of the international conference 23-25. september 2014 | Jazykovoje i kulturnoje vzaimodejstvie v uslovijakh arktitsjeskogo regiona: Materialy mezjdunarodnoj konferentsii 23-25. sentjabrja 2014 goda | 2014, Murmansk State Humanities University: s. 197-202 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2013
Fantasy literature in the classroom : an introduction Krafttak for lesing i fag 2013, Akademika forlag: s. 101-110 Hanssen, Jessica Allen; Hanssen, Ken Runar
2008
Et in Arcadia Ego: Representation, Character, and Pastoral in Shakespearean Romance 2008, Unipub forlag: Hanssen, Ken Runar
Et in Arcadia Ego: Representation, Character, and Pastoral in Shakespearean Romance 2008, Unipub forlag: Hanssen, Ken Runar
2024
Transcultural Currents in Key West Writing 2024, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2022
“Awful but Cheerful”: Key West as American Island of the Mind 2022, Hanssen, Ken Runar
W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz 2022, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2021
Engelskfaget og estetiske læringsprosesser 2021, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2018
Historiespill for vår egen tid? 2018, Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift: s. 110-110 Hanssen, Ken Runar
“To Cheer Up Slaves and Horrify Despots”: American Literature and the Cosmopolitan Ideal 2018, Hanssen, Ken Runar
Naive Dreamer, Wise Poet: The Medieval Dream Vision as Epistemological Process 2018, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2017
“God Does Not Lie and These Are His Words”: The Humanities and the Authority of the Natural World 2017, Hanssen, Ken Runar
English as Lingua Franca: Language and Formation in the Arctic Region (Master Class) 2017, Hanssen, Ken Runar
Discordia Concors in Chaucer's The Parlement of Foules 2017, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2016
Reversing the Renaissance: A Vindication of English as a Formative Subject 2016, Hanssen, Ken Runar
“To perform an act whereof what’s past is prologue”: Being and Time in Shakespeare’s Late Plays 2016, Hanssen, Ken Runar
Intimt og episk: Shakespeares fire eventyrspill på Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 2016, Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift: s. 40-43 Hanssen, Ken Runar
2015
"Shakespeare and the Theatre: An Introduction to the Works" 2015, Hanssen, Ken Runar
"The Art of Persuasion: How to Structure an Academic Paper" 2015, Hanssen, Ken Runar
“Grandpa Eaten by the Hogs While Brother is Seducing Sister in the Splashing Swill”: On the Many Joys (and Occasional Pitfalls) of Teaching Southern Fiction North of the Arctic Circle 2015, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2014
“I endow’d thy purposes with words that made them known”: Linguistic and Cultural Liminality in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest 2014, Hanssen, Ken Runar
“À travers une brèche d’incompréhension”: W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz and the History of Suffering 2014, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2013
"I know Tuffy wishes to God he would": Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddam True Love in Harry Crews's Feast of Snakes 2013, Hanssen, Ken Runar
"Hav og vann på pøbben: En samtale med Arne Torp" 2013, Hanssen, Ken Runar
The Viking Impact on Anglo-Saxon Literature 2013, Hanssen, Ken Runar
Shakespeare og sannhet 2013, Dag og Tid: Hanssen, Ken Runar
2012
“They rode on”: Chronotopic Arrangement in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian 2012, Hanssen, Ken Runar
“To sing a song that old was sung”: Narrative Liminality in Shakespeare’s Pericles 2012, Hanssen, Ken Runar
“As you will live, resolve it you”: Riddles and Recognition in Shakespeare’s Pericles 2012, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2011
W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz and the Politics of Pastoral Desire 2011, Hanssen, Ken Runar
”’Behold, and say ‘tis well’: The Idea of Order in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.” 2011, Hanssen, Ken Runar
”’A garment nobler than that it covers’: Ethical Ambiguity in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline.” 2011, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2009
Shakespeare midt på treet 2009, Avisa Nordland: Hanssen, Ken Runar
"Fantasy Literature" 2009, Hanssen, Ken Runar
2004
“For his love and for his disease”: Humanity in Isaac Babel’s Red Cavalry 2004, Hanssen, Ken Runar