Verdens undergang som straff for likegyldighet : motiver i Johan Harstads forfatterskap

Title: Verdens undergang som straff for likegyldighet : motiver i Johan Harstads forfatterskap
Variant title:
  • Apocalypse as a penalty for indifference
Source document: Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik. 2011, vol. 16 [25], iss. 1-2, pp. [73]-85
Extent
[73]-85
  • ISSN
    1803-7380 (print)
    2336-4408 (online)
Type: Article
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Abstract(s)
The article Apocalypse as a Penalty for Indifference deals with repeating motifs in the work of the contemporary Norwegian author Johan Harstad. It is focused on the short-story collection Ambulanse (2002) and the novels Buzz Aldrin (2005), Hässelby (2007) and Darlah (2008). The most important motif of Harstad's work is the so called help motif which expresses the need of love. Everyone needs to love someone and to be loved by someone. According to this concept love is the opposite of indifference. The help motif changes throughout Harstad's books. The first two books are rather optimistic, but the last two end with an apocalypse which comes as a penalty for indifference in both human relations and social problems. The most alarming problem for Harstad is a brutal and meaningless war which has fatal consequences for human psyche. To warn against the indifference Harstad uses some motifs of science fiction literature: journey into space, dystopia and doppelgänger. The article researches the connection among all these motifs.
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