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Solaris korrigert

Solaris korrigert is a Norwegian narrative poem by Øyvind Rimbereid, published in 2004 in a book of poetry bearing the same title. The title can be translated into English as "Solaris Corrected", and is a reference to Stanisław Lem's novel Solaris. The poem is a 35 page narrative about a dystopic future, told in a fictional future language that is a mix of Rimbereid's Stavanger dialect, English, German and old Norse. The poem has won multiple literary awards, and has been adapted into a theatrical performance and an opera.

Solaris korrigert (Solaris Corrected)
by Øyvind Rimbereid
Cover of the 1st edition.
Original titleSolaris korrigert
Written2004
CountryNorway
LanguageA fictional future language based on Norwegian (Stavanger dialect) with English, German and old Norse mixed in
Subject(s)Science fiction
FormNarrative
PublisherGyldendal Norsk Forlag
Publication date2004
Media typePrint
ISBN9788205332355
OCLC1028421725

Narrative

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The poem has been described as a "dramatic monologue"[1] with a lyrical I who is the overseer of a group of robots working on the bottom of the ocean in a future where robots have taken over much human work. The story is set in the year 2480, in "a future society owned, regulated, and controlled by what seems to be a privatized corporation".[2]

Language

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The language in Solaris korrigert is its most remarkable feature. Rimbereid has created "a future language for the post-industrial North Sea coast population"[2] that references both the hybrid language of early North Sea oil workers,[2][3] the code switching of internet-using Norwegians in the early 21st century and Euro English. The language has also been compared to early twentieth century avant-garde poetry, and in particular Soviet futurists like Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchyonykh, who dreamt of transnationalism languages.[4]

The opening lines demonstrate the strangeness of this constructed language:

WAT vul aig bli
om du ku kreip fra
din vorld til uss?
SKEIMFULL, aig trur, ven
du kommen vid diner imago
ovfr oren tiim, tecn, airlife,
all diner apocalyptsen
skreik-
mare. OR din beauti draum! NE

— Øyvind Rimbereid, Solaris korrigert

It is easier to understand the text when reading it aloud, or if reading it while listening to an audio recording of Rimbereid reading the first few pages of the poem.[5]

The language has been described as "particularly fertile" because it "makes possible slack, shiftings and the occurrence of something new" [6]

Reception

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Solaris korrigert has been the subject of many scholarly analyses.[7][8][4][9] It is commonly found on university level syllabi for Nordic literature and comparative literature degrees[10][11][12][13] and is frequently the subject of MA theses.[14][15][16][17]

Eirik Vassenden frames the poem as a critical dystopia, that is, it doesn't simply depict "a world worse than our own", which can, as Fredric Jameson has argued, make dystopias very conservative;[18] the poem in Vassenden's words "also contains possible utopian elements".[2] Vassenden's analysis focuses on this element of hope in the poem.[2]

In 2007 a jury of literary critics declared it one of the 25 best Norwegian literary works of all time.[19]

Adaptations

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  • The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet performed an opera version of the poem titled "Ad undas – Solaris korrigert", composed by Øyvind Mæland and directed by Lisa Charlotte Baudouin Lie.[20]
  • In 2015 Det norske teatret created a performance of the play directed by Peer Perez Øian with Ane Dahl Torp as the only actor.[21] The performance won the Hedda award for "Beste forestilling", "Beste kvinnelige skuespiller" og "Beste audiovisuell design".[22]

Awards

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  • Kritikerprisen (Norwegian Critics' Award) for the best adult work of literature of the year.[23]
  • 2007: a jury declared it to be among the 25 best Norwegian literary works of all time[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ Heith, Anne (2020). "[Review of] Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality, red. Kristina Malmio & Kaisa Kurikka. Palgrave Mac-millan. Basingstoke 2020" (PDF). Tidskrift for Forskning Om Svensk och Annan Nordisk Litteratur. 141: 230. "Solaris korrigert" är en dramatisk monolog. Det lyriska jaget är en arbetare som frammanar en framtida plats där robotar tagit över människors arbete.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vassenden, Eirik (2022). "Hope in the Age of Dystopia: The Ghost in the Machine in Øyvind Rimbereid's Solaris korrigert". Scandinavian Studies. 94 (2): 221–243. doi:10.5406/21638195.94.2.04. ISSN 2163-8195. S2CID 248937065.
  3. ^ Andreassen, Kim (16 May 2013). "Slik fikk oljebransjen et norsk språk". forskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Lindholm, Audun (1 July 2008). ""FOR aig veit existen af vorld"". Vagant (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 29 January 2023. den særegne språkføringen snarere sender tankene til de poetiske avantgardistene tidlig i det tyvende århundret, som den russiske futurismens Khlebnikov og Kruchenykh – forfattere som drømte om et transnasjonalt språk, et språk som skulle kommunisere på tvers av landegrensene
  5. ^ "Nypoesi 2/07: Audio recording of Øyvind Rimbereid reading from Solaris Corrigert at a poetry festival. Archived by Oslo Poesifestival". Archive.org. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ Refsum, Christian (18 March 2010). "Flerspråklighet i nyere skandinavisk litteratur: Jonas Hassen Khemiri og Øyvind Rimbereid". Edda (in Norwegian). 97 (1): 81–95. doi:10.18261/ISSN1500-1989-2010-01-08. ISSN 0013-0818. et særlig fruktbart språk fordi det muliggjør slark, glidninger og forekomsten av noe nytt
  7. ^ Andersen, Hadle Oftedal (2020), Malmio, Kristina; Kurikka, Kaisa (eds.), "Stavanger, Pre- and Postmodern: Øyvind Rimbereid's Poetry and the Tradition of Topographic Verse", Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality, Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 149–168, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23353-2_7, hdl:10138/326262, ISBN 978-3-030-23353-2, S2CID 213939400, retrieved 29 January 2023
  8. ^ Andersen, Per Thomas (15 October 2021), Axelsson, Marcus; Bredesen Opset, Barbro (eds.), "3. En felles nåtid – en felles fremtid? En analyse av Øyvind Rimbereids «Solaris korrigert»", Fortellinger om bærekraftig utvikling (in Norwegian), Universitetsforlaget, pp. 59–84, doi:10.18261/9788215050089-2021-03, ISBN 978-82-15-05305-9, S2CID 240434030, retrieved 29 January 2023
  9. ^ Madsen, Claus K. (19 November 2015). "To aspekter af helhed og to typer langdigte - En afprøvning af Jakobsons poesiformalisering på Høecks Ulrike Marie Meinhof og Rimbereids Solaris korrigert". Edda (in Norwegian). 102 (4): 296–310. doi:10.18261/ISSN1500-1989-2015-04-04. ISSN 0013-0818.
  10. ^ "Hjemmeeksamen 2012: LIT2300 - Litterær mening: hva, hvorfor og hvordan?" (PDF). Universitetet i Oslo. 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Pensumliste Litteratur og historie 2NO35-4". INN: Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.
  12. ^ "Pensum NOLI 102 våren 2018" (PDF). University of Bergen. 2018.
  13. ^ Furuseth, Sissel (4 December 2020). "Kritikkens trange og åpne rom. Inntrykk fra de siste 20 år – ArtScene Trondheim" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 29 January 2023. På pensumlista sto Øyvind Rimbereids science fiction-dikt Solaris korrigert
  14. ^ Moen, Maria Skarsbø (2021). "Wat vul Aig bli om du ku kreip frå din vorld til uss? - En litterær analyse av dramaet Solaris korrigert i et mørkt økologisk perspektiv". 99.
  15. ^ Lindberg, Elin (2007). Ein place millom seagrass og sol : stedsfornemmelser i Øyvind Rimbereids dikt "Solaris korrigert". University of Oslo (MA thesis).
  16. ^ Vindegg, Jenny Moi (2014). "Men du er òg en bølge!" Kropp og persepsjon i Øyvind Rimbereids lyrikk. University of Oslo (MA thesis).
  17. ^ Alvsåker, Natalie Myrvold (2019). "Ja, som om places i 2480 forts sku wiktig vera!» - Et blikk på stedsfornemmelse i Øyvind Rimbereids «Solaris korrigert" (Master thesis). University of Bergen (MA thesis). hdl:1956/20312.
  18. ^ Jameson, Fredric (1994). The Seeds of Time. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 58.
  19. ^ Foseide, Sølvi (30 May 2007). "Bøkenes hitliste". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Ad undas – Solaris korrigert". Norges musikkhøgskole. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Solaris korrigert av Øyvind Rimbereid". Det norske teatret. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  22. ^ "Gjorde rent Hedda-bord". www.dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). 13 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  23. ^ "Kritikerprisen for årets beste voksenbok 2004 til Øyvind Rimbereid". Kritikerlaget (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  24. ^ Pedersen, Bernt Erik (16 October 2016). "Det store diktet om en framtid uten oljen" [The great poem about a future without oil]. Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). pp. 24–25. Retrieved 29 January 2023. I 2007 ble "Solaris korrigert" kåret til ett av de 25 beste norske skjønnlitterære verkene gjennom tidene, av juryen som utpekte Norsk litterær Kanon fra Voluspå til Isen til Rimbereid.
  25. ^ Foseide, Sølvi (30 May 2007). "Bøkenes hitliste". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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