The explosion was written in 1882 by Henrik Cavling. The text describes the terrible day in May 1882 when Dons gunpowder mill exploded. The vivid and narrative writing style touched readers, and Henrik Cavling former career as a ship's boy was quickly replaced with a job as a journalist for the Danish press. [1]
Had never before been experienced as detailed a description of a here and now experience - that's why people were so moved by his writing style.
Cavling starts to talk about how beautiful the surroundings are. How the sun throws herself down on the large beech tree crown, and the beautiful meadows and pond about it. Gunpowder work he describes as part of the valley, beautiful decor and a part of its peace. [2] All are described as idyllic, and is an example of the time period of the modern breakthrough. Throughout this description is written in great detail and with great calm words. This makes you relax and even fall in the idyllic world, and we feel that time passes very slowly. When the explosion happens, the words of writing. The sentences are short, words more distressing, and you come suddenly in a completely different atmosphere. "Eyes seeking his daughter's corpse. That is one Girl. On the tip of an old beech, whose branches are torn off, hang some rags of a dress, he knows them, it's her. "[3] We can here clearly feel Cavling change of writing style.
The explosion has claimed victims, which was hard on the local community. Henrik Cavling involvement of the girl's father, and describing his attempts to find her daughter equal must have influenced many of the readers, as this is a situation they could run the risk of encounter. The reader begins to take his life to intelligence, it dawns on him that life does not last forever. By this I mean that Henry Cavling has achieved his message, to get people to think about life and enjoy every time.
The explosion is a very good example of the period occurred in the 1880s. Denmark is a great growth in economic terms but also socially and technologically. Industrialization is in full swing, and this leads to great social contrasts. This inspires contemporary writers, and they begin to write about the social contrasts and bring contemporary issues under debate. The author of these words is Georg Brandes. He was the "brain" behind the modern breakthrough in 1871 when he gave a speech where he called on the Danish literature to bring society's problems under discussion. The topics he discussed was especially wanted: marriage, gender roles, ownership, religion and society. [4]
Part of the modern breakthrough called Naturalism. Natural science and the biological nature was a big part of naturalism. You go up in the concrete reality, and begin to discover the great natural world. This begins to affect the literature. The authors begin to study the real world and fail to write about supernatural stuff. Rather than write about the harsh reality. They do not want to embellish things, but to inform their readers about their world and society really are linked. [5] This characterizes explosion of character. Henrik Cavling is not afraid to use strong words. He does not want to embellish the incident, but want people to know how it really happened, and how it looked.
Impressionism also played a major role in the modern breakthrough. The authors wanted to give readers a photographic reproduction of an instant impression, and often contain topics in heritage and environment. They wanted to reproduce the impressions as objectively as possible so that the reader had the opportunity to interpret the text. [6] Also impressionism art direction was important. One could only take black and white pictures back then, so the colors were very important. However, there was much debate about whether the paintings were finished or not. The journalists believed the paintings were just "impressions", while the artists thought they had finished. But Impressionism art may also be related to the literature, as artists began to paint subjects from everyday life. It could be things they met in town and rural surroundings they dreamed of. Similarly, contemporary writers also wrote about the environment, and wanted to give a representation of a place in writing. This fits well to the impression the word's meaning, namely impression. [7]
This is also something that is apparent in the explosion. Henrik Cavling situation is very neutral during the story, and report only as an eyewitness. He says things very objectively, and you have even the opportunity to gain feelings and impressions. The story written in the form-I just do it more personally when you can sit in the person's place.
How things presented are much discussed today. News media always puts their own stamp on the story, and not everyone is aware of this. The newspapers inform their readers in one direction or another, by "color" their articles. The newspaper has an attitude, and that they would continue. They use loaded terms, and brings only the stories they feel are important. It may therefore be difficult for the reader to see through the real truth. The journalist is supposed to behave subjectively to things, and just tell from the facts we have. [8]
But the explosion is very unlike the media because he is so inspired impressionistic. He wants people to be able to form their own opinions and not be influenced by others' opinions.
