Abstract
This article investigates Greenland as a setting in new Danish prose. I make the case that Danish literature about Greenland is a significant trend in the 2010s, and that the books can be divided into three dimensions: past, present and future. Focusing on space and place, I exemplify this division through short analyses of the novels The Colony of Good Hope (2018) by Kim Leine, Godhavn (2014) by Iben Mondrup and Korsveje i Nord (2015) by Bjarne Ljungdahl, which are set in the past, present and future, respectively.
| Translated title of the contribution | Literature Moves North: On Greenland in 2010s Danish Literature |
|---|---|
| Original language | Danish |
| Journal | Passage |
| Issue number | 85 |
| Pages (from-to) | 115-128 |
| ISSN | 0901-8883 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- Danish literature about Greenland
- Greenland
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Danish literature
- space and place
- space
- postcolonialism
- Kim Leine
- Iben Mondrup
- Bjarne Ljungdahl
- 2010s
- Arctic noir
- the spatial turn