“The Home Born Anew: The Concept of ‘Heim’ in Nynorsk Poetics and Poetry.”
The word heim (the Nynorsk word for home) appears constantly in the poetry written by Nynorsk (New Norwegian, one of Norway’s official language forms) writers, from the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century. Its poetic meaning is ambiguous; sometimes topographical, religious, metaphysical, mythological or abstract, the motif of heim has become an important symbol in Nynorsk poetics. This thesis is concerned with the history of this symbol; how it has been shaped, its discursive meaning and the possibilities of meaning in poetic forms.