Summary: Learn Norwegian with NorwegianClass101! Don't forget to stop by NorwegianClass101.com for more great Norwegian Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun var en norsk forfatter som hadde arbeid som varte mer enn syv tiår og inkluderte over 20 romaner, en samling av dikt, skuespill, essays, noveller, og en reiseskildring. Norges Kong Haakon VI kalte ham "Norges sjel." Han mottok i 1920 Nobelprisen i litteratur. Hamsun mente at forfattere bør fokusere på vanskelighetene med sinnet. Han avskydde både naturalisme og realisme, to litterære ytterpunkter som eksisterte under hans tid. Hamsun ble født i 1859 i byen Lom. Hans fødenavn var Knud Pedersen og han var fjerde sønn av et relativt fattig ektepar. I en alder av tre dro familien for å arbeide på hans onkels gård og da han ble ni, ble han sendt for å bo hos en onkel som trengte hjelp med postkontoret sitt. Dessverre var Hamsuns onkel svært støtende og han tilsynelatende sultet og slo Hamsun. Han rømte fra onkelen i 1874 og vendte tilbake til hjembyen Lom hvor han tok de jobbene han kunne for å få endene til å møtes. Da han var 17 år gammel begynte han å skrive og tilbrukte deretter litt tid i USA, hvor han reiste og arbeidet med forfatterskapet sitt. Hans roman "Sult" var den første som gav ham suksess. Det dreide seg om en forfatter som led så hardt av sult at det drev ham nesten gal. Gjennom de fleste av Hamsuns romaner kommer temaet vandring opp ganske ofte. Han inkluderer også en rekke detaljer om den naturlige verden. Hans teknikk bruker mye strømmer av tanker eller indre monolog. ----Formal English---- Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned more than seven decades and included over twenty novels, one compilation of poetry, plays, essays, short stories, and a travelogue. Norway's King Haakon VI dubbed him "Norway's soul." He received the 1920 Nobel Prize for Literature. Hamsun firmly believed that writers should focus on the intricacies of the mind. He detested both naturalism and realism, two literary extremes that existed during his time. Hamsun was born in 1859 in the town of Lom. His birth name was Knud Pedersen, and he was the fourth son of a relatively poor couple. At the age of three, his family went to work his uncle's farm, and when he turned nine, he was sent to live with an uncle who needed help with his post office. Unfortunately, Hamsun's uncle was very abusive, and he apparently starved and beat Hamsun. Hamsun escaped from his uncle in 1874 and returned to his hometown of Lom, taking any job he could in order to make ends meet. When he was seventeen years old, he began to write and then spent some time in the United States, traveling and working on his writing. His novel Hunger was the first one that brought him success. It was about a writer who suffered so badly from hunger that it drove him nearly insane. Throughout most of Hamsun's novels, the theme of wandering comes up quite often. He also includes a lot of details about the natural world. His technique uses a lot of unspoken streams of thought, also known as interior monologue. --------------------------- Learn Norwegian with NorwegianClass101! Don't forget to stop by NorwegianClass101.com for more great Norwegian Language Learning Resources!
