Non-normative desire and identity problem in the autobiographical prose by Karl Ove Knausgård Cover Image

Nienormatywne pożądanie i problem z tożsamością w autobiograficznej prozie Karla Ove Knausgårda
Non-normative desire and identity problem in the autobiographical prose by Karl Ove Knausgård

Author(s): Jakub Rawski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: norwegian literature; child; non-normative; identity; cultural gender

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts interpretation of the fourth volume the autobiographical cycle My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård. The novel provides interesting research material in terms of the identity problem and non-normative desire associated with erotic transgressions that should not be present for ethical reasons (lust for a minor schoolgirl). Methodology used in the article it is located on the border of psychoanalytic investigations, gender theories and queer poets.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 59-71
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish