Publikace na Filozofická fakulta |
2017
Abstrakt
The Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun's stay in the U.S.A. in the 1880s influenced both his writings and his worldview. In the essay "Fra en Indianerleir" (1885, "From an Indian Camp") he describes his alleged meeting with Native Americans, including one called Broad Shoulders.
The present article claims that the formulations Broad Shoulders uses about civilization vs. the natural life of Indians are the same as those Hamsun would later often use about modern society vs. traditional peasant life in Europe.