"Peer Gynt" – en pikaresk tekst?

• Authors: Knut Brynhildsvoll

Title variants

EN

"Peer Gynt" – a picaresque text?

• Languages of publication: NO

Abstracts

EN

The term picaresque is usually limited to narrative forms of expression, prose fiction and novels. New research has, however, shown that the designation is far more heterogeneous and includes certain kinds of poetry, comedy, and opera libretti. If the picaresque genre is defined in terms of common contents, topics and motifs, it comprises the drama and the theatre as well. It is significant that Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), the first picaresque novel in Spain, already contains dramatic scenes and passages of dialogue. This extended and hybrid genre understanding of picaresque narrative legitimizes this essay’s approach, focusing on individual, thematic and formal elements which link the plot of Peer Gynt to the main features of picaresque literature.

Keywords

NO

pikaro,; episodisk struktur,; forkledninger,; travesti,; det polyfone selvet

EN

picaro,; episodic structure,; disguise,; travesty,; the polyphonic self

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Studia Scandinavica
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 2 (22)
• Pages: 78-101

Dates

published

2018-12-28

Contributors

author

Knut Brynhildsvoll

Identifiers

DOI

10.26881/ss.2018.22.05