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”Man vill gärna berätta”

2013

The Unnatural Naturalness of Man-Narration and Daniel Sjolin’s Autobiographical Oron Bror Daniel Sjolin’s autobiographical debut novel Oron bror (2002) is about two brothers who are searching for their childhood home. During the journey, the little brother, the I-narrator, recalls detailed episodes from his past. In these retrospective chapters, narrated in present tense, the protagonist is referred to by the indefinite pronoun man. The article focuses on this peculiar narrative feature of Sjolin’s novel. Firstly, the article examines the functions of man in autobiographical context. The analysis of Sjolin’s novel shows that, on the one hand, man functions quite similarly to the more conven…