Jensen, Julie Marie

Lafontaine, Tobias Krog

Larsson, Nina Luu Traasdahl

Lech, Clara Mie Moesgaard

This project examines the Danish book, Jeg løber [I run], written by Anders Legarth Schmidt andpublished in 2018. The purpose of this project is to examine how the loss of a child is described andfurthermore, the project features an analysis of the author’s grieving process. To define whatmourning is and hereby describe the symptoms which occur when mourning, the project drawsupon theories by Jesper R. Mogensen and Preben Engelbrekt. Furthermore, the project draws upontheories on Continuing Attachment Bonds by Erica H. Sirrine and John Bowlby in order to analysethe author’s bond to his deceased child. The project features a historical chapter on differentperceptions of death throughout Western history, including theory by Philippe Ariés and MichaelHviid Jacobsen. The project’s overall aim is therefore to analyse how the loss of a child isverbalised through a written work and furthermore, to analyse how the act of running has helped theauthor cope with the loss. Furthermore, the project discusses whether death is a taboo in the Danishmodern society. Lastly, the project discusses whether there is a lack of a term for parents, who havelost their children. The project features the conclusion that the author’s hobby of running is anattempt to regain the control, he lost during his child’s illness. Furthermore, the project claims thatthe book can be considered a new sort of memorial, namely a literary tombstone, and that the bookmight even have a detabooing effect

Expression of Grief

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