The mystery of the "North of the North" in Ibsen's works
It is an exaggeration to claim that several of the protagonists in Ibsen’s dramatic works are from the north, or have lived there. The few characters in Ibsen’s drama related to the North are, however, given a special emphasis in his works. They are, like the landscape and the light of the North, my...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f8a8a0992e124f699d2dd2a9a1fd1c34 2023-05-15T16:13:38+02:00 The mystery of the "North of the North" in Ibsen's works Jon Nygaard 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3364 https://doaj.org/article/f8a8a0992e124f699d2dd2a9a1fd1c34 EN NO eng nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3364 https://doaj.org/toc/0809-1668 https://doaj.org/toc/1503-2086 doi:10.7557/13.3364 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://doaj.org/article/f8a8a0992e124f699d2dd2a9a1fd1c34 Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, Iss 34 (2015) North North of the North Norwegian school of history immigration theory Sami Kvääni Norwegian literature PT8301-9155 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3364 2022-12-30T21:16:30Z It is an exaggeration to claim that several of the protagonists in Ibsen’s dramatic works are from the north, or have lived there. The few characters in Ibsen’s drama related to the North are, however, given a special emphasis in his works. They are, like the landscape and the light of the North, mysterious, strange, strong and untamed. Or they have been exiled, suppressed or forgotten – and then suddenly arrive unexpectedly and challenge the established order and open new tension and ambition. Ibsen only visited Northern Norway once, on a trip to North Cape in 1891. His only experience of the “North” before that was actually of Central Norway, Trondheim and Molde. The North in Ibsen’s dramas is accordingly just fiction, imagination – and an expression of the general Southern Norwegian understanding of the “others” living in the North and the “otherness” of the North. Especially people from the North of the North, such as Finnmark, who represent a mysterious, bewitching and magic power, like Rebekka West in Rosmersholm and the foreign sailor in Lady from the Sea. This is explained by the magic nature of the North, such as the midnight sun, the Polar light or the overwhelming and irresistible winter storms over the sea. But Ibsen has also given other clues for the understanding of the mysterious characters from Finnmark, the North of the North. These clues are related to the cultural otherness of the characters as Sami and Kvääni. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark North Cape Northern Norway sami sami Finnmark midnight sun Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway North Cape ENVELOPE(165.700,165.700,-70.650,-70.650) Molde ENVELOPE(7.159,7.159,62.738,62.738) Nordlit 34 181 |
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It is an exaggeration to claim that several of the protagonists in Ibsen’s dramatic works are from the north, or have lived there. The few characters in Ibsen’s drama related to the North are, however, given a special emphasis in his works. They are, like the landscape and the light of the North, mysterious, strange, strong and untamed. Or they have been exiled, suppressed or forgotten – and then suddenly arrive unexpectedly and challenge the established order and open new tension and ambition. Ibsen only visited Northern Norway once, on a trip to North Cape in 1891. His only experience of the “North” before that was actually of Central Norway, Trondheim and Molde. The North in Ibsen’s dramas is accordingly just fiction, imagination – and an expression of the general Southern Norwegian understanding of the “others” living in the North and the “otherness” of the North. Especially people from the North of the North, such as Finnmark, who represent a mysterious, bewitching and magic power, like Rebekka West in Rosmersholm and the foreign sailor in Lady from the Sea. This is explained by the magic nature of the North, such as the midnight sun, the Polar light or the overwhelming and irresistible winter storms over the sea. But Ibsen has also given other clues for the understanding of the mysterious characters from Finnmark, the North of the North. These clues are related to the cultural otherness of the characters as Sami and Kvääni. |
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