Praca jako źródło szczęścia w Błogosławieństwie ziemi Knuta Hamsuna. Moralizatorstwo i dydaktyzm powieści

Abstract

Growth of the Soil — a book wrote by Knut Hamsun in 1917 is a novel from Norwegian newRealism, glorifying rural life in harmony with nature and praising work as one of the most importantoccupations of man. This is a novel of two cultures, former represented by Izak — a main hero, and thenew symbolized by the robbery exploitation of mountainous mineral deposits and the mesmerizing innovationsof the traditional rural community, which ends with the triumph of the former. Eternal humaninstincts and hundreds of years of proven solutions win with the new usurpations and trends. Hamsunseems to say that, despite the fact that the decay factor seems to be overwhelming, power, stubbornnessand fidelity with a much longer pedigree of value are capable of making the instantaneous modern ethosvictory turn soon into its spectacular defeat.