Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian Narratives

The paper concentrates on visual aspects in narratives that depict catastrophes. Departing from a cultural analytic standpoint and drawing on philosophy of photography and the image, the essay reflects upon the metaphorical function of images that stem from photographs of specific catastrophic event...

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Main Author: Tatjana Kielland Samoilow
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2018-12-01
Series:CoSMO
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Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/3103
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spelling doaj-bef05893f7ed4ca18a5534d36abf1f842021-09-13T19:53:23ZdeuUniversità degli Studi di TorinoCoSMO2281-66582018-12-011310.13135/2281-6658/3103Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian NarrativesTatjana Kielland Samoilow0NTNU, TrondheimThe paper concentrates on visual aspects in narratives that depict catastrophes. Departing from a cultural analytic standpoint and drawing on philosophy of photography and the image, the essay reflects upon the metaphorical function of images that stem from photographs of specific catastrophic events and are used in new catastrophic contexts. At the center of the essay are analyses of three Scandinavian narratives: a graphic novel, a documentary movie and a novel.https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/3103CatastropheImageJuly 22TerrorConcentration Camps
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author Tatjana Kielland Samoilow
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Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian Narratives
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Catastrophe
Image
July 22
Terror
Concentration Camps
author_facet Tatjana Kielland Samoilow
author_sort Tatjana Kielland Samoilow
title Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian Narratives
title_short Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian Narratives
title_full Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian Narratives
title_fullStr Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian Narratives
title_full_unstemmed Images of Catastrophe in Contemporary Norwegian Narratives
title_sort images of catastrophe in contemporary norwegian narratives
publisher Università degli Studi di Torino
series CoSMO
issn 2281-6658
publishDate 2018-12-01
description The paper concentrates on visual aspects in narratives that depict catastrophes. Departing from a cultural analytic standpoint and drawing on philosophy of photography and the image, the essay reflects upon the metaphorical function of images that stem from photographs of specific catastrophic events and are used in new catastrophic contexts. At the center of the essay are analyses of three Scandinavian narratives: a graphic novel, a documentary movie and a novel.
topic Catastrophe
Image
July 22
Terror
Concentration Camps
url https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/3103
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