Fedre og farskap i Sigrid Undsets trilogi Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-22)

2020

Master's thesis in Advanced teacher education level 8-13 (NO505) In this thesis, I have examined fathers and fatherhood in Sigrid Undset’s trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-22). The aim of the study has been to make an examination of the extent of the themes of fatherhood in the trilogy. The most central aspect in the survey is the literary analyses of the various fathers. The analytical work is based upon a wide sample of fathers. In addition, the thesis includes four parameters of care and consideration by which the fathers have been analysed. Based on these parameters, the concepts of care and consideration can be operationalized in the literary analyses. This also makes it possible to…