Abramova, O. G., Pere, P. S. POETICS OF THE NORTH IN TORGNY LINDGREN’S AND DMITRY NOVIKOV’S NOVELS: TYPOLOGICAL CONVERGENCES. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(7):83–87. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1370


Literature of the peoples of the world

POETICS OF THE NORTH IN TORGNY LINDGREN’S AND DMITRY NOVIKOV’S NOVELS: TYPOLOGICAL CONVERGENCES

Abramova
O. G. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Pere
P. S.
Keywords:
North
Swedish literature
Karelian literature
Torgny Lindgren
Dmitry Novikov
typological convergence		 Summary: The paper analyzes typological parallels in the ways the fictional world of the North is constructed by writers belonging to different national literatures. Specifically, it compares two contemporary novels: Sweetness (Hum- melhonung) by the Swedish author Torgny Lindgren from Västerbotten and A Flame Out at Sea (Golomyanoe Plamya) by the Karelian writer Dmitry Novikov. The article is written within the framework of contemporary Russian geo- poetics, a field that has generated productive methodological approaches to the analysis of literary works, in particular those referred to as the “Northern” texts of Russian literature. Although Torgny Lindgren and Dmitry Novikov each draw on the traditions of their national literatures, the poetics of the North in the novels under consideration display typologically convergent features, owing both to the narrative strategies adopted by the writers and to the universal con- tent of the concept of the North. The fictional world of the North is constructed in the novels through the opposition of the North and the South; it displays a similar spatio-temporal and motif organization and reflects the language, culture, and mentality of the Northern people. The systems of characters in the novels converge in key compositional elements: the presence of protagonists, antipode characters, legendary figures, and characters who exert a significant influence on the formation of the key figures. The North functions as a liminal chronotope that facilitates the protagonists’ existential testing, hermeneutic discovery, and spiritual transformation.



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