They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen
In this article, I analyse Niviaq Korneliussen’s treatment of the current Greenlandic suicide situation in the novel Flower Valley (Blomsterdalen, 2020). The novel is – according to the author – «political», which raises several questions: Why write a novel instead of an opinion piece? What possibil...
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description | In this article, I analyse Niviaq Korneliussen’s treatment of the current Greenlandic suicide situation in the novel Flower Valley (Blomsterdalen, 2020). The novel is – according to the author – «political», which raises several questions: Why write a novel instead of an opinion piece? What possibilities does fiction open? In what ways can a novel contribute to discussing and nuancing political, cultural, and human issues? Drawing on rhetorical fictionality theory, I focus on Korneliussen’s use of local fictionality, particularly in the form of death representations, composition, and pronominal shifts, demonstrating how she, trough the novel’s countdown structure, for instance, presents perspectives that seem inaccessible outside literature. I denne artikel analyserer jeg Niviaq Korneliussens behandling af den aktuelle grønlandske selvmordsproblematik i romanen Blomsterdalen (2020). Romanen er – efter forfatterens eget udsagn – «politisk», hvilket rejser en række spørgsmål: Hvorfor skrive en roman i stedet for et debatindlæg? Hvad er det for mulighedsrum, fiktionen åbner? Og på hvilke – og anderledes – måder kan en roman være med til at diskutere og nuancere politiske, kulturelle og menneskelige forhold? Med afsæt i retorisk fiktionalitetsteori fokuserer jeg på Korneliussens brug af lokal fiktionalitet i form af dødsrepræsentationer, komposition og pronominale skift og viser, hvordan hun, bl.a. gennem romanens nedtællingsspor, fremskriver perspektiver, der synes utilgængelige uden for litteraturens verden. |
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spelling | ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/7891 2025-01-16T22:14:30+00:00 They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen De, du, jeg: Fiktionalitet og den aktuelle grønlandske selvmordsproblematik i Niviaq Korneliussens Blomsterdalen Meyer, Pernille 2024-12-12 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/7891 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.7891 nor nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/7891/8476 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/7891 doi:10.7557/13.7891 Copyright (c) 2024 Pernille Meyer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Nordlit; Vol. 52 No. 2 (2024): Suicide and suicidal survival; 54-61 Nordlit; Vol 52 Nr. 2 (2024): Selvmord og suicidal overlevelse; 54-61 1503-2086 0809-1668 Niviaq Korneliussen Blomsterdalen suicide fictionality pronominal shifts selvmord fiktionalitet pronominale skift info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2024 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.7891 2024-12-13T00:58:22Z In this article, I analyse Niviaq Korneliussen’s treatment of the current Greenlandic suicide situation in the novel Flower Valley (Blomsterdalen, 2020). The novel is – according to the author – «political», which raises several questions: Why write a novel instead of an opinion piece? What possibilities does fiction open? In what ways can a novel contribute to discussing and nuancing political, cultural, and human issues? Drawing on rhetorical fictionality theory, I focus on Korneliussen’s use of local fictionality, particularly in the form of death representations, composition, and pronominal shifts, demonstrating how she, trough the novel’s countdown structure, for instance, presents perspectives that seem inaccessible outside literature. I denne artikel analyserer jeg Niviaq Korneliussens behandling af den aktuelle grønlandske selvmordsproblematik i romanen Blomsterdalen (2020). Romanen er – efter forfatterens eget udsagn – «politisk», hvilket rejser en række spørgsmål: Hvorfor skrive en roman i stedet for et debatindlæg? Hvad er det for mulighedsrum, fiktionen åbner? Og på hvilke – og anderledes – måder kan en roman være med til at diskutere og nuancere politiske, kulturelle og menneskelige forhold? Med afsæt i retorisk fiktionalitetsteori fokuserer jeg på Korneliussens brug af lokal fiktionalitet i form af dødsrepræsentationer, komposition og pronominale skift og viser, hvordan hun, bl.a. gennem romanens nedtællingsspor, fremskriver perspektiver, der synes utilgængelige uden for litteraturens verden. Article in Journal/Newspaper greenlandic University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Synes ENVELOPE(6.028,6.028,62.538,62.538) Nordlit 52 2 54 61 |
spellingShingle | Niviaq Korneliussen Blomsterdalen suicide fictionality pronominal shifts selvmord fiktionalitet pronominale skift Meyer, Pernille They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen |
title | They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen |
title_full | They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen |
title_fullStr | They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen |
title_full_unstemmed | They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen |
title_short | They, you, I: Fictionality and the Greenlandic suicide situation in Niviaq Korneliussen’s Blomsterdalen |
title_sort | they, you, i: fictionality and the greenlandic suicide situation in niviaq korneliussen’s blomsterdalen |
topic | Niviaq Korneliussen Blomsterdalen suicide fictionality pronominal shifts selvmord fiktionalitet pronominale skift |
topic_facet | Niviaq Korneliussen Blomsterdalen suicide fictionality pronominal shifts selvmord fiktionalitet pronominale skift |
url | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/7891 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.7891 |