Siri Pettersen - Subverting Reality through Fantasy

Cristina VIȘOVAN

Authors

Cristina VIȘOVAN “Mihai Eminescu” National College, Baia Mare. cristina.visovan@eminescubm.ro

Abstract

Siri PETTERSEN (born 1971) is an acclaimed Norwegian fantasy writer who has managed to challenge the Norwegian Publishing Houses’ perception about this genre. Endowed with a vivid imagination, she developed from early on a sense for creating stories which allowed her to experience fantastic realms as a means of escaping an injudicious reality whose rules Pettersen constantly broke as part of a role-play group of fantasy enthusiasts.

Author Biography

Cristina VIȘOVAN, “Mihai Eminescu” National College, Baia Mare. cristina.visovan@eminescubm.ro

English and Norwegian, PhD teacher at “Mihai Eminescu” National College, Baia Mare. She has published a series of articles on the influence of Norse mythology on contemporary Norwegian literature and a book entitled ‘Rewriting Norse Mythology in Contemporary Norwegian Literature. The Search for Identity in a Multicultural World’ in 2021 at Casa Cărții de Știință Publishing House, in the Nordica Collection. Email: cristina.visovan@eminescubm.ro

References

Primary Sources

Pettersen, Siri. 2013. Odinsbarn. Oslo: Gyldendal. (Child of Odin)

---. 2014. Råta. Oslo: Gyldendal. (The Rot)

---. 2015. Evna. Oslo: Gyldendal. (The Might)

---. 2020. Jernulven. Oslo: Gyldendal. (Iron Wolf)

Secondary Sources

Florvaag, Gøril, H. 2013. ‘Møt Siri Pettersen’. Leselykke Magasinet, 4/2013, www.theravenrings.com/content/60/Press-articles. Accessed 16 Jan. 2019. (‘Meet Siri Pettersen’)

Vișovan, Cristina. 2021. Rewriting Norse Mythology in Contemporary Norwegian Literature. The Search for Identity in a Multicultural World. Cluj-Napoca: Casa Cărții de Știință.