title: At the origins of the Norwegian detective: Murder in Maurits Christopher Hansen’s prose
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metadata.value: Peshkova, Victoria
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metadata.value: 2024-02-29T10:07:11Z
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metadata.value: 2024-02-29T10:07:11Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Peshkova V. At the origins of the Norwegian detective: Murder in Maurits Christopher Hansen’s prose. Scandinavian Philology, 2023, vol. 21, issue 2, pp. 336–349. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu21.2023.209
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu21.2023.209
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44978
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metadata.value: This article discusses the function of the murder motif in M. C. Hansen’s prose. It
  shows that this motif is strongly related to the author’s quest for novel ways to represent
  reality, his ambition to portray the private lives of everyday Norwegians, and his goal
  to illustrate the moral development — or, on the contrary, the degeneration — of his
  characters. A crucial plot-forming device, the motif of murder is frequently combined
  with the motif of insanity as retaliation for the committed crime. It is possible to see
  how a critical view of modernity gradually replaces the distinct religious pathos of Hansen’s
  early prose (Den gale Christian (The Mad Christian), Keadan, eller Klosterruinen
  (Keadan, or the Abbey Ruins), Novellen (The Short Story), Den myrdede brudgom (The
  Murdered Groom)), inevitably leading to the emergence of a new kind of hero. The
  nature of this hero is determined by the surroundings and environment, the narrative
  becomes more psychologizing, and the interest in daily life takes the place of the theme
  of the moral revival (Jutulskoppen (The Troll Mountain) and Mordet på Maskinbygger
  Roolfsen (The Murder of Engine Maker Roolfsen)). Hansen’s writings from this time
  period are distinguished by a tragic perspective. The notion of a moral revival of man
  loses its appeal to the author. He feels that profit and vanity have replaced love, and that
  true feelings are doomed to vanish. The themes of mistrust between close people, the
  corruption of the ruling class, the oppressed position of the people, and the inability to
  escape from social oppression take on a new significance. We discover that Hansen’s interest
  in the everyday and private lives of regular people is linked to his search for artistic
  research tools, whereas the motifs of murder and crime investigation aid the writer
  in creating a vivid and accurate picture of contemporary Norwegian society while also
  making his narratives more entertaining.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Scandinavian Philology;Volume 21; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Maurits Christopher Hansen
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: detective story
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: murder motif
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: novella
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: novel
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: At the origins of the Norwegian detective: Murder in Maurits Christopher Hansen’s prose
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metadata.value: Article
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