Fictional Minds in Natural Environments : Changing Ecologies, Human Experiences, and Textual Designs in Ulla-Lena Lundberg's Ice
The essay studies Ulla-Lena Lundberg's novel Ice, the story of which depicts the changing seasons and the formation of sea ice in the Aland archipelago. In the narrative, ice takes both mental and physical dimensions, and the analysis focuses on the workings of fictional minds in their specific...
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ftunivturku:oai:www.utupub.fi:10024/162466 2023-05-15T18:18:00+02:00 Fictional Minds in Natural Environments : Changing Ecologies, Human Experiences, and Textual Designs in Ulla-Lena Lundberg's Ice Lehtimäki Markku kirjallisuustieteet ja kirjoittaminen, Literary Studies and Creative Writing 2602222 2022-10-28T13:03:12Z 72 88 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/162466 https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/25392 en eng HUMBOLDT-UNIV BERLIN, NORDEUROPA-INST Germany Saksa DE Nordeuropaforum https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/162466 https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/25392 URN:NBN:fi-fe2022081154403 1863-639X 0940-5585 2022 ftunivturku 2022-11-03T00:00:33Z The essay studies Ulla-Lena Lundberg's novel Ice, the story of which depicts the changing seasons and the formation of sea ice in the Aland archipelago. In the narrative, ice takes both mental and physical dimensions, and the analysis focuses on the workings of fictional minds in their specific natural and social environments. It is argued that nature both inspires and informs human experience and meaning making, even as it resists and challenges, human aims and hopes. In the novel, the characters have differing views on the natural environment and conflicting interpretations of what nature and its phenomena, including ice, could mean. Other/Unknown Material Sea ice University of Turku: UTUPub |
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The essay studies Ulla-Lena Lundberg's novel Ice, the story of which depicts the changing seasons and the formation of sea ice in the Aland archipelago. In the narrative, ice takes both mental and physical dimensions, and the analysis focuses on the workings of fictional minds in their specific natural and social environments. It is argued that nature both inspires and informs human experience and meaning making, even as it resists and challenges, human aims and hopes. In the novel, the characters have differing views on the natural environment and conflicting interpretations of what nature and its phenomena, including ice, could mean. |
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Fictional Minds in Natural Environments : Changing Ecologies, Human Experiences, and Textual Designs in Ulla-Lena Lundberg's Ice |
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Fictional Minds in Natural Environments : Changing Ecologies, Human Experiences, and Textual Designs in Ulla-Lena Lundberg's Ice |
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Fictional Minds in Natural Environments : Changing Ecologies, Human Experiences, and Textual Designs in Ulla-Lena Lundberg's Ice |
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Fictional Minds in Natural Environments : Changing Ecologies, Human Experiences, and Textual Designs in Ulla-Lena Lundberg's Ice |
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Fictional Minds in Natural Environments : Changing Ecologies, Human Experiences, and Textual Designs in Ulla-Lena Lundberg's Ice |
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fictional minds in natural environments : changing ecologies, human experiences, and textual designs in ulla-lena lundberg's ice |
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HUMBOLDT-UNIV BERLIN, NORDEUROPA-INST |
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