Reception of the National Trauma "Knut Hamsun" in Norway. Notes on Gabriel Langfeldt´s and Leo Eitinger´s Psychiatric Discourse.
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Bohemica litteraria |
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| Web | Digitální knihovna FF MU |
| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Knut Hamsun; Norwegian literature; World War II; reception; psychiatrist Leo Eitinger; Holocaust survivor |
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| Description | Knut Hamsun, one of the most famous Scandinavian novelists of the first half of the 20th century, represents with his pro-Nazi opinions and sympathies a longterm challenge for the Norwegian literature, culture and society. My paper reflects the ambiguity of Hamsuns personality and texts during the most significant reception phases from 1945 until today. On the background of the controversial medicine report written by psychiatrist Gabriel Langfeldt Knut Hamsun published a literary diary, his last book ever, On Overgrown Paths (1949) where he criticizes the psychiatrists and the judges. On the contrary psychiatrist Leo Eitinger, native of former Czechoslovakia and Holocaust survivor extended and enriched the professional perspective with the personal experience dimension. |