Modern Variations on the Epic „Ædnan” by Linnea Axelsson
The article addresses the problem of epic as a genre in the light of Ædnan (2018), a modern epic about Swedish Saami people by Linnea Axelsson. Contrary to Bakhtin’s opinion that an epic is a closed petrified genre, the article argues that it can be redefined in order to express the experience of th...
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ftapczojs:oai:apcz.umk.pl:article/37854 2023-05-15T18:08:18+02:00 Modern Variations on the Epic „Ædnan” by Linnea Axelsson Współczesne wariacje na temat eposu „Ædnan” Linnei Axelsson Wasilewska-Chmura, Magdalena 2022-04-14 application/pdf https://apcz.umk.pl/LC/article/view/37854 pol pol Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu https://apcz.umk.pl/LC/article/view/37854/32002 https://apcz.umk.pl/LC/article/view/37854 Prawa autorskie (c) 2022 Magdalena Wasilewska-Chmura https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 CC-BY-ND Litteraria Copernicana; Bd. 41 Nr. 1 (2022): Lektury twórców Litteraria Copernicana; Vol. 41 No. 1 (2022): Lektury twórców Litteraria Copernicana; Vol. 41 Núm. 1 (2022): Lektury twórców Litteraria Copernicana; Tom 41 Nr 1 (2022): Lektury twórców 2392-1617 1899-315X Swedish literature epic Linnea Axelsson Ædnan Sami culture literatura szwedzka epos kultura Saamów info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftapczojs 2022-08-13T05:17:15Z The article addresses the problem of epic as a genre in the light of Ædnan (2018), a modern epic about Swedish Saami people by Linnea Axelsson. Contrary to Bakhtin’s opinion that an epic is a closed petrified genre, the article argues that it can be redefined in order to express the experience of the contemporary world. The article analyses those features of the epic which have been radically challenged in Ædnan: lyrical diction instead of a narrative structure and the narrator’s mediation; historical time instead of mythical time beyond living memory; and a number of female characters representing an oppressed minority group in place of an epic hero endowed with supernatural powers. The interpretation of these features from the perspective of postcolonial, feminist and gender theories helps to embrace the specifics of feminine subversive writing, which undermines patriarchal paradigms in culture: the authority of the narrator, the male subject as well as the dominance of male gender norms. At the same time, however, Ædnan has some characteristics of an epic: mythologisation of nature, the collective dimension of individual experiences, and the role of memory in shaping collective identity. Therefore, the poem can be seen as an attempt at a subversive dialog with the tradition of the epic, where the old aspiration to power is transformed into the apotheosis of oppressed Otherness. Artykuł problematyzuje gatunek eposu na przykładzie jego współczesnej realizacji w poemacie Linnei Axelsson Ædnan (2018) o losach społeczności szwedzkich Saamów. Jego głównym założeniem jest, że wbrew tezie Bachtina epos nie jest gatunkiem spetryfikowanym i zamkniętym, lecz może zostać zredefiniowany, by wyrażać problemy współczesności. Analiza rozpoczyna się od wskazania cech gatunkowych eposu, które autorka w swoim dziele podważa. Są to: dykcja liryczna zamiast struktury narracyjnej i pośrednictwa narratora, wprowadzenie czasu historycznego w miejsce nieokreślonej przeszłości mitycznej oraz wyeksponowanie kobiecych bohaterek ... Article in Journal/Newspaper saami sami sami Akademicka Platforma Czasopism |
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The article addresses the problem of epic as a genre in the light of Ædnan (2018), a modern epic about Swedish Saami people by Linnea Axelsson. Contrary to Bakhtin’s opinion that an epic is a closed petrified genre, the article argues that it can be redefined in order to express the experience of the contemporary world. The article analyses those features of the epic which have been radically challenged in Ædnan: lyrical diction instead of a narrative structure and the narrator’s mediation; historical time instead of mythical time beyond living memory; and a number of female characters representing an oppressed minority group in place of an epic hero endowed with supernatural powers. The interpretation of these features from the perspective of postcolonial, feminist and gender theories helps to embrace the specifics of feminine subversive writing, which undermines patriarchal paradigms in culture: the authority of the narrator, the male subject as well as the dominance of male gender norms. At the same time, however, Ædnan has some characteristics of an epic: mythologisation of nature, the collective dimension of individual experiences, and the role of memory in shaping collective identity. Therefore, the poem can be seen as an attempt at a subversive dialog with the tradition of the epic, where the old aspiration to power is transformed into the apotheosis of oppressed Otherness. Artykuł problematyzuje gatunek eposu na przykładzie jego współczesnej realizacji w poemacie Linnei Axelsson Ædnan (2018) o losach społeczności szwedzkich Saamów. Jego głównym założeniem jest, że wbrew tezie Bachtina epos nie jest gatunkiem spetryfikowanym i zamkniętym, lecz może zostać zredefiniowany, by wyrażać problemy współczesności. Analiza rozpoczyna się od wskazania cech gatunkowych eposu, które autorka w swoim dziele podważa. Są to: dykcja liryczna zamiast struktury narracyjnej i pośrednictwa narratora, wprowadzenie czasu historycznego w miejsce nieokreślonej przeszłości mitycznej oraz wyeksponowanie kobiecych bohaterek ... |
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