Ghost Stories: Oppression and Disasters in Past and Present Iceland
This article presents a postcolonial-ecocritical reading of the Icelandic novel Lifandilífslækur (2018) by Bergsveinn Birgisson, arguing that this work can be interpreted as a call for a revision of Iceland’s position and role in the colonial system and its legacy which we are still grappling with,...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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| Έκδοση: |
2022
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| Στο/Στη: |
Marburg journal of religion
Έτος: 2022, Τόμος: 24, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 1-21 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Bergsveinn Birgisson 1971-, Lifandilífslækur
/ Island
/ Φάντασμα
/ Φυσική καταστροφή (μοτίβο)
/ Ανθρωπογενής κλιματική αλλαγή
/ Μεταποικιακή λογοτεχνία
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Ecocriticism
B Ghosts B hierarchies B Icelandic literature B The supernatural in contemporary literature B Folklore B power systems B Postcolonial Studies |
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| Σύνοψη: | This article presents a postcolonial-ecocritical reading of the Icelandic novel Lifandilífslækur (2018) by Bergsveinn Birgisson, arguing that this work can be interpreted as a call for a revision of Iceland’s position and role in the colonial system and its legacy which we are still grappling with, especially in terms of climate change and other ecological crises. The novel places an emphasis on the effects of colonialism for Icelanders, and Iceland being a part of a power system based on the notion of man’s dominance over nature. Focusing on the role of ghosts in the novel—figures that have obvious roots in Icelandic folklore — a change in focus is noted. Ghosts that once were depicted as relics of a heathen past coexisting with medieval Christianity, and later assigned a nationalist-romantic value, are today considered as potentially important in contemporary environmental debate with its focus on social power structures and toxic hierarchies. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-2941 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Marburg journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17192/mjr.2022.24.8561 |