Наумлюк, М. В. Региональная литература Кольского Севера XX-XXI века в аспекте идентичности и мультикультурности. Страницы истории и современность / М. В. Наумлюк ; М-во образования и науки Рос. Федерации, Мурм. гос. гуманитар. ун-т. - Мурманск, 2013.

small town in the North of the Norway, but also the great space of the nature, the historical and mythological past. Mythological background is important for un derstanding of the globalization processes, where traditional values are lost by the modern person. The Author draws a winter landscape traditional for the Norwegian literature, very frosty day, the stiffened wood, snow road in which cars stick, - all details are full of philosophical sense, reminding us of the eternal conflict between person and severe space. Vibeke, an expert of the local depart ment of culture, looks out in the window and sees, how lanterns shine the road between two lines of houses, further high-speed highway, further an administra tion building, shops, the similar houses - monotonous architectural shape. And outside a huge wall of the forest. There are still library, hospital, school, church, the sports complex, mobile park of entertainments here, twenty minutes by highway, and you are in the city with cafes, restaurants. This is a small model of civilization, the same in any comer of the global world. The writer represents standards of the consumer society, which purpose is to make people seek for comfort. She numbers the conveniences - cars, snowmobiles, mobile phones, TVs., the same meal - of sausage, sandwiches, cookies; the unified life destroys traditions and customs of national life. The Man has surrounded himself with comfort, he has lost vital energy necessary for a survival in severe conditions of the North, and therefore has lost his national character and identity. Basic values of the Norwegian culture become only a fashion, a decor. The Norwegian world loses the unique lines: heroes listen to the Indian music, curtains at windows re mind “a fire in jungle”, jazz sounds everywhere, Vibeke herself has black hair and, as an Indian, carries piercing in a nose. The main symbol of the novel becomes the mobile park of entertainments with attractions instead of real life: a roundabout, virtual computer games, lotter ies. Some kind of a false holiday. Vibeke buys lottery tickets without a prize. Unlike Ibsen’s and Hamsun heroes, the characters of Orstavik’s novel lose their communications with national circle of life. It is not surprising that the theme of destruction of human relations is the main in the plot. The son of Vibeke leaves keys at home and wait on a frost for a mother on the eve of his birthday, while she has a good time in a city with a new acquaintance. The boy freezes and dies. The consumer society which has created the convenient and safe world, suppresses natural instincts of a person, an instinct of self-preservation, a con tinuation of the family, natural selection and even a parent instinct. All heroes of the novel lose skills of dialogue, moral standards, etiquette. They are lonely. Une, when visiting a friend, is silent, they listen to the Chinese music, the girl falls asleep, and her parents release the eight-year boy at frosty night to go home. The Woman who was bringing up the boy by the car, treats him with cig arette, and the mother of the boy doesn’t remember about him in an overflowed cafe. An old neighbor doesn’t leave the house in a frost, the social service pro vider has arrived to him, has thrown a package at the open door, not even muf 115