Snow and social criticism – snow imagery in Alexander Kielland’s Snow (1886) and Jonas Lie’s Familjen paa Gilje (1883)

• Authors: Thomas Seiler

Title variants

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Snø og samfunnskritikk – Snømotivet i Alexander Kiellands Sne (1886) og Jonas Lies Familjen paa Gilje (1883)

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Abstracts

EN

Snow is the principle source of imagery both in Alexander Kielland’s Snow and in Jonas Lie’s Familjen paa Gilje, although it has different tasks to fulfill. Whereas Kielland’s narrator depicts snow as a homogenizing material and as a means to subdue people, Lie’s narrator unfolds a dialectic conception of snow, so that snow imagery becomes ambiguous. It not only functions as a metaphor to illustrate people’s suppression, but it is also linked to the notion of national freedom and progress. In this respect, snow is a key metaphor to depict self-realisation at the expense of community.

PL

Snow is the principle source of imagery both in Alexander Kielland’s Snow and in Jonas Lie’s Familjen paa Gilje, although it has different tasks to fulfill. Whereas Kielland’s narrator depicts snow as a homogenizing material and as a means to subdue people, Lie’s narrator unfolds a dialectic conception of snow, so that snow imagery becomes ambiguous. It not only functions as a metaphor to illustrate people’s suppression, but it is also linked to the notion of national freedom and progress. In this respect, snow is a key metaphor to depict self-realisation at the expense of community.

Keywords

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Alexander Kielland,; Jonas Lie,; snømetaforikk,; modernitet,; nasjonalitet,; epifani,; Friedrich Nietzsche: omvurdering av alle verdier,; Jean-Jacques Rousseaus kvinnesyn

EN

Alexander Kielland; Jonas Lie; snow imagery; modernity; nationality; epiphany; Friedrich Nietzsche: revaluation of all values; Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s view on women

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Studia Scandinavica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 49-70

Dates

published

2020-12-02

Contributors

author

Thomas Seiler

Identifiers

DOI

10.26881/ss.2020.24.03