Fangstmannsbiografien og heltelitteratur. Med et skråblikk på sjangeren: Wanny Woldstad, Henry Ette, Thorleif Bjertnes og Henry Rudi.

This article deals with the literature written by hunters and trappers wintering on Svalbard, addressing especially the idea of the hunter´s memoirs as heroic literature. My reading is centered around Wanny Woldstads account Første kvinne som fangstmann på Svalbard (1956) and against the background...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nordlit
Main Author: Karlsen, Silje Solheim
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Norwegian
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2014
Subjects:
Heltefortellinger
kjønn
Wanny Woldstad
selvframstilling
sjanger
Arctic
Svalbard
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3077
https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3077
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Summary:This article deals with the literature written by hunters and trappers wintering on Svalbard, addressing especially the idea of the hunter´s memoirs as heroic literature. My reading is centered around Wanny Woldstads account Første kvinne som fangstmann på Svalbard (1956) and against the background of memoirs written by Henry Rudi, Henry Ette and Thorleif Bjertnes I first question the label heroic, before I proceed examining how Woldstad with her female perspective relates to the traditional view on the hunter as a masculine, hard-boiled Arctic hero.

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