Abstract
“Picturebooks between Readers. Controversial Picturebooks in Norway and Denmark”When reading contemporary Scandinavian picturebooks, one may wonder who they are aimed at. The two picturebooks to be discussed in this article are the Danish book De skæve smil (The Crooked Smiles) (2008) by Oscar K. and Lilian Brøgger, and the Norwegian book Krigen (The War) (2013) by Gro Dahle and Kaia Dahle Nyhus. De skæve smil is a challenging picturebook about aborted foetuses, “those who never were born”. Krigen uses war metaphors to tell about a different kind of war, the war between two divorcing parents. Both books are existential picturebooks, illustrated in a naive drawing style with complex multi-layered narrative devices. They are challenging both thematically and in terms of their verbal and visual narrative devices. But unlike many other challenging Scandinavian picturebooks, they are also controversial and likely to offend their adult reader. What makes these picturebooks not only challenging but also highly controversial? This, in turn, leads to the question of audience: who are these picturebooks for?
Highlights
Ved læsning af nyere billedbøger kan man ofte undre sig over, hvem de er rettet mod.[1]
Crossover-fiktion har udgjort en vigtig undergenre i norsk litteratur siden Jostein Gaarder udgav Sofies verden i 1991
Beckett kalder Sofies verden “a pre-Potter cross-over hit” og refererer til det norske og svenske begreb ‘allalderlitteratur’ eller ‘allålderslitteratur’, som blev brugt i Sverige og Norge, mange år før det engelsk begreb ‘crossover’ dukkede op
Summary
Ved læsning af nyere billedbøger kan man ofte undre sig over, hvem de er rettet mod.[1]. Beckett peger også mod Skandinavien, når hun diskuterer crossover-billedbøger, og med god grund: Billedbøger, der henvender sig både til børn og voksne, er veletablerede og accepterede i skandinavisk børnelitteratur (Ommundsen 2006, 2010a). Der gør, at nogle billedbøger ikke kun er udfordrende, men også kontroversielle? Og de så på ham og vidste, at Mette og Mads ville blive nogle værre bavianer, der ragede til sig og ikke ønskede andre det godt, misundelige og utilfredse med alt og alle. Figur 3: De skæve smil af Oscar K. og Lilian Brøgger (2008): Sam og fostrene på vej til Gud “Ja, så lad os prøve!” Og alle de skæve smil ridder væk i mørket på ryggen af Sam for at finde Gud, så han kan give dem et navn.” (ibid.). Fostrene svæver inde i forskellige genstande: et fly, en hat, en bil, et hus, en stjerne, et træ, en fisk, der symboliserer de ting, som fostrene drømmer om og længes efter
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