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Stefan Kjerkegaard, Associate Professor at Aarhus University (AU), Denmark, specializes in poetry, narratology, and literature-media-autobiography intersections. He directs the Literary Cultures program at Aarhus University and chairs the Nordic Council Literature Prize Adjudication Committee. Notable achievements include editing Poetics Today, receiving the 2016 Hogan Prize for an essay co-authored with Arnaud Schmitt in a/b Auto/Biography on Karl Ove Knausgaard, and leading the literary sociological project YoungLit (2023-2027) on literary system shifts, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.
Keywords
- Poetics, poetry and philosophy
- Per Højholt
- Simon Grotrian
- Peter Laugesen
- Morten Søndergaard
- Gilles Deleuze
- Humour
- Lyric
- Poetry
- Ursula Andkjær Olsen
- Niels Frank
- metaphor
- puns
- Niels Lyngsø
- J.P. Jacobsen
- Das Beckwerk
- Knud Romer
- Claus Beck-Nielsen
- Text theory and analysis
- Wordplay
- Witness Literature
- Authorship
- Autofiction
- Autobiography
- Theory of fiction
- Fiction
- Narrative theory
- Narratology
- Poetry
- Deconstruction
- Jens Peter Jacobsen
- literary criticism
- didactics of literature
- Self-Fashioning
- Cognition theory
- puns
- Advertising aesthetics
- wordplay
- puns
- Literary epochs
- Avant-garde
- Contemporary novels (2000-2006)
- Postmodernism
- contemporary poetry
- Literature
- Books as a medium (including digital literature)
- The materiality of the book
- History of criticism
- Printed Media
- Literary institutions
- The concept of the work
- Cultural forms of expression
- Self-Fashioning
- Self-Fashioning in media
- Lyrics
Areas of expertise
- Modern Scandinavian Literature
- Poetry
- Literary Culture
- Autobiographical Informed Fiction
- Sociology of literature
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Litteratur mellem medier
Pold, S. B. (Participant), Andersen, T. R. (Project manager), Have, I. (Participant), Pedersen, B. S. (Participant), Christensen, N. (Participant), Ringgaard, D. (Participant) & Kjerkegaard, S. (Participant)
03/02/2014 → 04/02/2019
Project: Research
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Afmagt i Danmark: En humanistisk undersøgelse af afmagtens former, manifestationer og potentialer i det 21. århundrede
Rytter, M. (PI), Gram-Skjoldager, K. (Project manager), Thorup, M. (Project manager), Christensen, H. R. (Project manager), Larsen, S. A. E. (Project manager), Andersen, R. S. (Participant), Dyring, R. (Participant), Dalsgård, L. (Participant), Nygaard, B. (Participant), Stage, C. (Participant), Kjerkegaard, S. (Participant), Fabian, L. (Participant), Brimnes, N. (Participant), Kofoed, J. (Participant), Khawaja, I. (Participant) & Frederiksen, M. D. (Participant)
09/09/2024 → 31/12/2029
Project: Research
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Young Literary Practices. Exploring Current Transformations of the Literary System
Kjerkegaard, S. (PI), Sørensen, T. L. H. (Participant), Mygind, S. (Participant), Skiveren, T. (Participant) & Nielsen, A.-K. S. (Participant)
01/08/2023 → 30/11/2027
Project: Research
Research output
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Den menneskelige plet: Medialiseringen af litteratursystemet
Kjerkegaard, S., May 2017, Frederiksberg: Dansklærerforeningen. 158 p.Research output: Book/anthology/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Humor
Kjerkegaard, S., 2 Oct 2017, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 60 p. (Tænkepauser - viden til hverdagen, Vol. 52).Research output: Book/anthology/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle: A Real Life in a Novel
Schmitt, A. & Kjerkegaard, S., 1 Sept 2016, In: a/b: Auto/Biography Studies. 31, 3, p. 553-579 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Getting People Right. Getting Fiction Right: Self-Fashioning, Fictionality, and Ethics in the Roth Books
Kjerkegaard, S., 1 Dec 2016, In: Journal of Narrative Theory. 46, 1, p. 121-149 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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In The Waiting Room: Narrative in the Autobiographical Lyric Poem, Or Beginning to Think about Lyric Poetry with Narratology
Kjerkegaard, S., 2014, In: Narrative. 22, 2, p. 185-202 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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En tænkepause - Humor
Kjerkegaard, S. (Lecturer)
2 Oct 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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"The “I” beyond fiction. Contemporary Danish Poetry After Karl Ove Knausgaard”
Kjerkegaard, S. (Lecturer)
11 Apr 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Ditlevsen og Erindringerne
Kjerkegaard, S. (Lecturer)
21 Sept 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Den menneskelige plet. Medialiseringen af litteratursystemet
Kjerkegaard, S. (Lecturer)
8 Aug 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Poetry, Mediatization and New Sensibilities
Kjerkegaard, S. (Organizer)
4 Dec 2014 → 6 Dec 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Prizes
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The 2016 Hogan Prize: a/b: Autobiography
Kjerkegaard, S. (Recipient), Dec 2016
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Press/Media
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Forsker bag ny bog om humor: Her er min eneste vittighed
04/10/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ny debat om ”Kæmpe Eskimo”- sidste gang sendte komikeren Mick Øgendahl en undskyldning
27/02/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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16-årig komiker går lige til grænsen – 51-årig insisterer på at krydse den
24/02/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media