Snø og samfunnskritikk – Snømotivet i Alexander Kiellands Sne (1886) og Jonas Lies Familjen paa Gilje (1883)
Snow and social criticism – snow imagery in Alexander Kielland’s Snow (1886) and Jonas Lie’s Familjen paa Gilje (1883)

Summary/Abstract: Snow is the principle source of imagery both in Alexander Kielland’s Snow and in Jonas Lie’s Familjen paa Gilje, although it has different tasks to fulfill. Whereas Kielland’s narrator de-picts snow as a homogenizing material and as a means to subdue people, Lie’s narrator unfolds a dialectic conception of snow, so that snow imagery becomes ambiguous. It not only functions as a metaphor to illustrate people’s suppression, but it is also linked to the notion of national freedom and progress. In this respect, snow is a key metaphor to depict self-realisation at the expense of community.

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