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Three Views of a Secret: The "Mønsterlig"

Muir, Tom
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Date
2017
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Muir T. Three Views of a Secret: The "Mønsterlig". Kvinder, Køn og Forskning. 2017;2017(2-3)  
Abstract
In a world where English - and its attendant writing conventions - is the dominant language of

research, it becomes increasingly important to explore academic patterns of writing and teaching,

and their related etymologies. In particular, this article investigates the relationship between

the Norwegian "mønster" and the English "monster", arguing that monsters allow us to make

space for new kinds of writing, new languages of thought. Monstrosity, and monstrous patterns - meanings that are available in Norwegian rather than English - let slip alternative ways of

thinking about teaching, writing and teaching writing. This is done through an exploration of

the work of the literary critic Barbara Johnson, who gives us three uncanny topics -

prosopopoeia, monuments and repetition compulsion - that help us release the warnings (Latin:

"monere") from mønstre (Norwegian: "patterns"). The article argues that prosopopoeia, monuments

and repetition can help us to hear the monster within mønstrene ( the patterns). At the

same time, the paper seeks a critical self-awareness of its status as an English language text about

a Norwegian word. Acknowledging that these conventions are themselves historical and cultural

artefacts - are mønstre - the article therefore tries to interrupt and unravel itself in the hope of

making space for alternative kinds of writing.
Publisher
Københavns Universitet, Sociologisk Institut, Koordinationen for Kønsforskning
Journal
Kvinder, Køn og Forskning

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