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Of Birds and Men in Rural Norway: Self, Place and Landscape in Vesaas and Lirhus
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Periodical
- Title:
- European journal of Scandinavian studies
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Berlin New York, NY: de Gruyter
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- Gesehen am 15.07.2021
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- Online-Ressource
- ISSN:
- 2191-9402
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2589898-X
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- Zeitschrift
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- Literatur
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- Literatur
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Article
- Title:
- Of Birds and Men in Rural Norway: Self, Place and Landscape in Vesaas and Lirhus
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Berlin New York, NY: de Gruyter, 2024
- Language:
- English
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- Abstract: Agnar Lirhus’s Nå hogger de (2020) and Tarjei Vesaas’s Fuglane (1957) both feature a main character whose self-narrative is formed through interaction with nonhuman animals and grounded in attachment to place. These characters break with the dominant cultural ontology by attributing agency and intrinsic value to beings who are otherwise ignored or pursued for utilitarian purposes. I consider the ethical implications of their encounters with nonhumans, exploring whether these can be considered social interactions or are better understood as occurring on a spiritual plane. Finally, I show that the choice of outsiders as main characters can function as a literary strategy for questioning the dominant cultural ontology.
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- Online-Ressource
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- Kein Open Access
- Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet
- Keywords:
- birds ; Tarjei Vesaas ; Agnar Lirhus ; critical environmental hermeneutics ; narratology ; cultural ontology
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