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Pathographies and Epiphanies: Communicating about Illness

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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17868
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https://doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2019-0021
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2019-12-14
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Journal article
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Peer reviewed

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Nesby, Linda Hamrin
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Epiphany is a literary device bringing forth an experience of sudden wisdom or insight and is particularly applied to literature from the romantic era. However, epiphanies are also present within contemporary autobiographical patient stories (pathographies) expressing something that is difficult and perhaps otherwise left unspoken. Kristian Gidlund’s pathography I kroppen min. Resan mot livets slut och alltings början (2013) deals with the author’s experience of having severe cancer. Gidlund was a non-religious person but at the end of his life, his blogposts included epiphanies or visionary moments regarding his afterlife. In this article the author shows how the use of epiphanies can be a subtle means of expressing thoughts and feelings when facing severe illness. Knowing how to identify and interpret epiphanies in pathographies can improve the abilities of relatives and medical staff to communicate with patients about existential matters and emotional distress. KAKA I would like to thank Rachael Reynolds and Paul Farmer for their most conscientious proofreading, and Dr. Christopher Oscarson for the accurate translation of the quotes from Kristian Gidlund’s book.
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Source at https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/ejss/49/2/article-p278.xml.
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De Gruyter
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Nesby lh. Pathographies and Epiphanies: Communicating about Illness. European Journal of Scandinavian Studies. 2019;49(2):278-294
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