Abstract
Per Olov Enquist's 1985 novel Nedstörtad ängel (Downfall) is, despite its modest proportions, one of the most poetically powerful and intriguing works in his oeuvre. It consists of a number of disparate stories which are presented as intertwined fragments. In this article I argue that the novel as a whole creates its meaning in the manner of a large-scale metaphor, in which the different stories serve as the constituent subjects.
| Original language | Swedish |
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| Pages (from-to) | 62-78 |
| Journal | Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap |
| Volume | 2006 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Languages and Literature
Free keywords
- Downfall
- metaphor
- Swedish literature
- metafor
- Nedstörtad ängel
- Per Olov Enquist