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== Background == |
== Background == |
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The short story was written in 1948<ref>{{ |
The short story was written in 1948<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=ORIGINAL&itemid=2937|title = To Kill a Child|accessdate = 20 August 2015|website = Svensk Filmdatabas|language = Swedish}}</ref> for the [[National Society for Road Safety]] in an attempt to slow down the traffic and decrease the amount of [[traffic accidents]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ntf.se/jonkoping/?RecID=14774|title = To Kill a Child|accessdate = 20 August 2015|website = Nationalföreningen för trafiksäkerhetens främjande (NTF)|language = Swedish}}</ref> |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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Revision as of 08:05, 20 August 2015
| Author | Stig Dagerman |
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| Original title | Att döda ett barn |
| Language | Swedish |
| Genre | Short story |
| Set in | Sweden |
| Published | 1948 |
| Publisher | National Society for Road Safety |
Original text | Att döda ett barn at Swedish Wikisource |
| Translation | To Kill a Child at Wikisource |
To Kill a Child is a short story by Stig Dagerman. It was published in 1948 and was likely the most famous of Stig Dagerman's texts. The short story can be found in the Swedish posthumous collections Vårt behov av tröst (1955) and Dikter, noveller, prosafragment (1981).
Background
The short story was written in 1948[1] for the National Society for Road Safety in an attempt to slow down the traffic and decrease the amount of traffic accidents.[2]
Plot
In a scaled and clear prose, but with a fateful feel the everyday life is depicted of the involved characters before one of them unintentionally hits a small child with a car. The readers know what will happen from the very start and the author works with a narration technique called planting. In the short story there exists very few details of the people involved which means that anyone can imagine themselves as the characters and relate to them. In the short story there are multiple plotlines since two course of events happen simultaneously.
Adaptations
Two films have been made based on the short story, To Kill a Child (1953) och To Kill a Child (2003). The latter was directed by Alexander Skarsgård.
References
- ^ "To Kill a Child". Svensk Filmdatabas (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "To Kill a Child". Nationalföreningen för trafiksäkerhetens främjande (NTF) (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 August 2015.