Pittaway, Gail (2014) “The saga night that sends dreams to our earth”: Scandinavian connections with New Zealand in literature. Across the Pacific: The 20th annual conference of the New Zealand Studies Association, together with the Norwegian Maritime Museum, and the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo, in association with the University of South Australia. , Oslo, Norway, 25-28 June, 2014. (Unpublished)
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Abstract or Summary
This paper will reflect on some of the representations of Scandinavian, especially Norwegian, characters, culture and conventions in literature that have been written in or about New Zealand. Commencing with “Johanna’s World”, by Oystein Molstad Andresen which is the fictional treatment of a story of migration from Norway to New Zealand, (from this author’s own family), then referring to texts by Yvonne du Fresne and Joan Rosier Jones the paper will explore ideas of identity, geography, settlement and above all the shared traditions of saga and voyaging that link these distant shores.
| Item Type: | Paper presented at a conference, workshop, or other event which was not published in the proceedings |
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| Keywords that describe the item: | New Zealand Writing, Scadinavia, Mythology, voyaging |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Media Arts |
| ID Code: | 3351 |
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| Deposited On: | 07 Oct 2014 03:32 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2018 22:37 |
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