Who’s afraid of Kaassassuk? Writing as a tool in coping with changing cosmology
L’éducation, la littérature et l’art furent les techniques utilisées par les Groenlandais pour s’adapter et faire face aux changements causés par l’impact de la colonisation danoise. Parmi les premiers textes écrits du Groenland figurent les récits oralement transmis à travers les âges. Cet article...
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fterudit:oai:erudit.org:1004072ar 2023-05-15T16:08:12+02:00 Who’s afraid of Kaassassuk? Writing as a tool in coping with changing cosmology Sonne, Birgitte 2010 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1004072ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1004072ar en eng Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones (CIÉRA) Érudit Études/Inuit/Studies vol. 34 no. 2 (2010) http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1004072ar doi:10.7202/1004072ar Tous droits réservés © La revue Études/Inuit/Studies text 2010 fterudit https://doi.org/10.7202/1004072ar 2022-09-24T23:14:27Z L’éducation, la littérature et l’art furent les techniques utilisées par les Groenlandais pour s’adapter et faire face aux changements causés par l’impact de la colonisation danoise. Parmi les premiers textes écrits du Groenland figurent les récits oralement transmis à travers les âges. Cet article concerne les modifications du sens symbolique du mythe pan-inuit de Kaassassuk, l’orphelin maltraité qui se vengea de façon horrible une fois devenu un homme fort. Prenant son point de départ dans les variantes traditionnelles pan-inuit et groenlandaises, l’article se termine par l’analyse de Kâgssagssuk, pièce de Hans Lynge mise en scène en 1966. Traditionnellement, le symbolisme des forces de la nature souligne le caractère brutal de Kaassassuk, mais plus tard il structure la composition littéraire, métamorphosant le protagoniste qui devient un individu resocialisé. Dans la pièce de Lynge, les forces de la nature finissent par céder la place à des considérations morales et psychologiques, contemporaines du soulèvement politique qui a abouti au Home Rule du Groenland. Education, literacy, and art were technologies used by Greenlanders in adapting to and coping with changes brought about by colonial impacts from Denmark. Stories orally transmitted through the ages were among the first texts to be written by Greenlanders. This article focuses on changes in symbolic meanings of the environmental setting in the pan-Inuit myth about the maltreated orphan Kaassassuk who became a strong man and took a terrible revenge. Beginning with the traditional pan-Inuit and Greenland variants, the analysis ends up with Hans Lynge’s play Kâgssagssuk, staged in 1966. Traditionally, the symbolism of the natural forces underscored Kaassassuk’s brutal character, but later it structured the literary composition of his story and changed him into a re-socialised individual. In Lynge’s play, the natural forces even gave way to contemporary moral and psychological considerations during the political upheaval leading to Greenland’s Home Rule. Text Études/Inuit/Studies Greenland greenlander* Groenland groenlandais inuit Érudit.org (Université Montréal) Greenland Morales ENVELOPE(-55.833,-55.833,-63.000,-63.000) Études/Inuit/Studies 34 2 107 127 |
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L’éducation, la littérature et l’art furent les techniques utilisées par les Groenlandais pour s’adapter et faire face aux changements causés par l’impact de la colonisation danoise. Parmi les premiers textes écrits du Groenland figurent les récits oralement transmis à travers les âges. Cet article concerne les modifications du sens symbolique du mythe pan-inuit de Kaassassuk, l’orphelin maltraité qui se vengea de façon horrible une fois devenu un homme fort. Prenant son point de départ dans les variantes traditionnelles pan-inuit et groenlandaises, l’article se termine par l’analyse de Kâgssagssuk, pièce de Hans Lynge mise en scène en 1966. Traditionnellement, le symbolisme des forces de la nature souligne le caractère brutal de Kaassassuk, mais plus tard il structure la composition littéraire, métamorphosant le protagoniste qui devient un individu resocialisé. Dans la pièce de Lynge, les forces de la nature finissent par céder la place à des considérations morales et psychologiques, contemporaines du soulèvement politique qui a abouti au Home Rule du Groenland. Education, literacy, and art were technologies used by Greenlanders in adapting to and coping with changes brought about by colonial impacts from Denmark. Stories orally transmitted through the ages were among the first texts to be written by Greenlanders. This article focuses on changes in symbolic meanings of the environmental setting in the pan-Inuit myth about the maltreated orphan Kaassassuk who became a strong man and took a terrible revenge. Beginning with the traditional pan-Inuit and Greenland variants, the analysis ends up with Hans Lynge’s play Kâgssagssuk, staged in 1966. Traditionally, the symbolism of the natural forces underscored Kaassassuk’s brutal character, but later it structured the literary composition of his story and changed him into a re-socialised individual. In Lynge’s play, the natural forces even gave way to contemporary moral and psychological considerations during the political upheaval leading to Greenland’s Home Rule. |
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