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Abstract
Chapter 8 turns to the dizzying originality of Knut Hamsun, particularly his Hunger, where the sacrifice of plot, action, and ‘morale’ is so extreme as to force new mutations in the substance of his characters. When your central character is a narrator and a writer who, because he has no pecuniary means of keeping a roof over his head, is unable to finish a single story, the result is a manic projection of pseudo-characters, half-finished but unrealized personae, running all over social space; and a radical decomposition of the body and being of the protagonist, who unravels into the world.
Title: Knut Hamsun
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Abstract
Chapter 8 turns to the dizzying originality of Knut Hamsun, particularly his Hunger, where the sacrifice of plot, action, and ‘morale’ is so extreme as to force new mutations in the substance of his characters.
When your central character is a narrator and a writer who, because he has no pecuniary means of keeping a roof over his head, is unable to finish a single story, the result is a manic projection of pseudo-characters, half-finished but unrealized personae, running all over social space; and a radical decomposition of the body and being of the protagonist, who unravels into the world.
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