Anemari Neple

Anemari Neple is a Lecturer in the Department of Nordic and Media Studies within the Faculty of Humanities at Volda University College. She holds a PhD from the University of Bergen (2016) and specializes in modern Nordic literature with particular expertise in Nordic poetry. Her academic work spans teaching responsibilities across Nordic literature courses, with specific responsibility for SKR304: Nynorsk Contemporary Literature.

Neple's research interests encompass modern Nordic literature, the relationship between literature and music, and feminist literary theory. Her scholarly approach is deeply informed by her interdisciplinary background, which includes training in harpsichord performance at the Grieg Academy alongside her literary studies. This unique combination allows her to analyze literary works through both textual and musical lenses, particularly evident in her extensive research on Tor Ulven.

Her scholarly output demonstrates consistent engagement with major figures in Norwegian literature, particularly Tor Ulven, Tone Hødnebø, Gyrðir Elíasson, and Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a growing interest in contemporary literary responses to digital culture, as seen in her 2025 work analyzing texts about the information age. Her research maintains strong connections to feminist perspectives and working-class literature traditions while exploring new thematic territories in Nordic literary production.

• Member of Volda medvitsforum research group
• Member of Forskingsgruppe for litteratur (Literature Research Group)
• Member of Nordisk nettverk for arbeiderlitteraturforskning (Nordic Network for Working-Class Literature Research)

Neple's scholarly supervision appears focused on graduate-level research in Nordic literature, particularly dissertations related to contemporary Norwegian authors and literary traditions. Her editorial work on collections like 'Logikker i strid' (2020) demonstrates her engagement with the institutional frameworks supporting literary production in Norway. Her research methodology combines close textual analysis with historical and cultural contextualization, producing scholarship that bridges academic literary criticism with broader cultural discourse.