Sanselige verdener. Poetik og repræsentation i Dea Trier Mørchs rejsebøger

Abstract

The article deals with three travel books ("Sorgmunter socialisme" (1968), "Polen" (1970) and "Da jeg opdagede Amerika" (1986)) written by Danish graphic designer, writer and political activist Dea Trier Mørch (1941-2001). In focus of the text analysis is the question of poetological aspects, a.o. of the position of the three texts in relation to travel books as a genre and the narrative strategies, which are used by the author to represent the visited countries. As the analysis will reveal, Mørch (as author and protagonist) can be understood as a modern sentimental traveler – both in terms of the structure of her narratives and the existential dimension of her travels.