Abstract
This article explores and examines the narratological concepts of metalepsis and disclosure as they manifest themselves in Karen Blixen’s Seven Gothic Tales (1934/1935) and Winter’s Tales (1942/1943). At the core of the examination lies the inference that it is possible to trace metaleptic movements in a wide-ranging selection of Blixen’s tales. Furthermore, it becomes evident that metaleptic movements and disclosure functions have the potential to destabilize ontological boundaries between fiction and reality in a way that deepens the literary communication between author, text, and reader.
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- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Scolding the Skald: The Construction of Cultural Memory in Morkinskinna’s Sneglu-Halla þáttr
- What did the Future hold for them? Different Types of Foreshadowing in Various Saga Genres
- Spieler oder Schachfigur? Schach als epistemologisches Modell bei Solvej Balle
- Beundring og opposisjon. Forholdet mellom Knut Hamsun og Johannes V. Jensen
- Når forfatteren snakker med. Metalepsis og disclosure i Karen Blixens fortællinger
- „Henne ensam lagen fällde“. Zur literarischen Verhandlung der Kindstötung und der Frage nach der (Mit-)Schuld der Väter
- Changierender Artist. Zu Carl Larssons Positionierung im bildkünstlerischen und literarischen Feld
- Saga Conference
- Sagas and Space – Thinking Space in Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia
- ‘Á Kálfskinni’: Sagas and the Space of Literature
- Runes and Verse: The Medialities of Early Scandinavian Poetry
- The Mind’s Eye: The Triad of Memory, Space and the Senses in Old Norse Literature
- Mythical and Metaphorical Landscapes in Skaldic Poetry
- Book Reviews
- Klaus Düwel:Runica minora. Ausgewählte kleine Schriften zur Runenkunde
- Lasse Mårtensson:Skrivaren och förlagan: Norm och normbrott i Codex Upsaliensis av Snorra Edda
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- Michael Schäfer/Werner Schäfke:Sprachwissenschaft für Skandinavisten. Eine Einführung