Pan (Hamsun)

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Pan - From Leutnant Glahn's papers (in the original: Pan - Af løjtnant Thomas Glahns papirer ) is a novel by Knut Hamsun , published in 1894. Leutnant Glahn, retired from the military, tells in first- person form in 38 short chapters from a few years ago Summer that he spent in a hunting lodge in the Nordland. The memories are shaped by a very enthusiastic relationship with nature from today's point of view as well as by a changeable to unhappy relationship with his fellow human beings due to his broken character, mainly represented by his love affairs with three young women. The novel is concluded with a five-chapter epilogue in which Glahn dies in India.

action

After retiring from the military, Lieutenant Thomas Glahn lives with his dog Aesop in a lonely hunting lodge in a forest by a fjord in northern Norway, around the middle of the 19th century. He feeds primarily on hunting and fishing and rarely comes to the fictional town of Sirilund. A wealthy merchant lives there, a fjord baron named Mack. His daughter Edvarda, also a difficult character, is one of the three young women; in the end she marries a real baron who is staying with her father. Glahn's relationship with Edvarda oscillates between passionate affection and sharp rejection on both sides. The second young woman is Eva, unfortunately already married and of a simpler, more natural character. She is ultimately killed in an accident caused by Glahn. The third wife is the shepherdess Henriette, of minor importance.

In addition to the men already mentioned, there is a doctor near Edvarda, whom Glahn mistakenly believes to be a rival, and Eva's husband, the blacksmith.

Glahn's pantheistic observations of nature, moods and dreams, combined with an aversion to civilization, make up the essential part of the novel. The novel can only partially be described as a romance novel, the relationships between man and woman are not very differentiated. The characters don't develop either, at the end of the novel they are the same as at the beginning.

expenditure

The first edition appeared in 1894 by Philipsen in Copenhagen. The novel has been translated into German several times. It has also been filmed several times.

Text output

  • Knut Hamsun: Pan . Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1969
  • Knut Hamsun: Pan - enthusiasts - the neighboring town . Langen-Müller, Munich and Vienna 1969

Film adaptations

  • Pan , Norway 1922, screenplay and direction: Harald Schwenzen
  • Pan , Germany 1937, screenplay: Paul Knoudsen, Joseph Rovensky, director: Olaf Fjord Joseph Rovensky
  • Kort är sommaren (German: All Nights Longing) , Sweden 1962, screenplay: Astrid Henning-Jensen, Bjarne Henning-Jensen, director: Bjarne Henning-Jensen
  • Pan , Norway, Denmark, Germany 1995, written and directed by Henning Carlsen
  • Twilight of the Ice Nymphs , Canada 1997, written by George Toles, directed by Guy Maddin

Secondary literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pan (1922). Retrieved August 31, 2017 .
  2. ^ Pan (1937). Retrieved August 31, 2017 .
  3. ^ Kort är sommaren (1962). Retrieved August 31, 2017 .
  4. ^ Pan (1995). Retrieved August 31, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997). Retrieved August 31, 2017 .