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Stoic Farmers, Silent Women: The Portrayal of the Icelandic Family in Two Novels by Halldor Laxness.

Stoic Farmers, Silent Women: The Portrayal of the Icelandic Family in Two Novels by Halldor Laxness.

Parker, Robert Jennings

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ISBN10: 1243408685
ISBN13: 9781243408686
Publisher: Proquest Umi Dissertation Pub
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.27 Width: 7.99 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Nobel Prize winning author Halldor Laxness enjoyed using the typical Icelandic farmer as his protagonist. Always at his side are his family members, with whom interactions are often very limited and rather reserved. Within the dynamic of this stoic family, there are several discourses to be seen, all of which speak to the state of women and the hierarchy of the family in Iceland during this somewhat depressing time in their history. The minimal presence of voice is apparent throughout the majority of Laxness' works and is especially present in Independent People (1946) and Paradise Reclaimed (1960). A general silence from all characters, husbands and wives as well as sons and daughters, is an important element and helps to better understand the culturally reserved Scandinavian people, especially Icelanders.

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