Pontoppidans Lykke-Per i lyset af Kierkegaards teologi

Abstract

This article presents a reading of Pontoppidan’s Lucky Per in  comparison with the theological anthropology of Søren Kierkegaard.  To this end, the article follows Kierkegaard’s conception of despair as  developed in The Sickness unto Death and the act of belief as illustrated  in Fear and Trembling. Pontoppidan knew the authorship of Kierkegaard  well. This article indicates that Pontoppidan in writing Lucky Per  was heavily inspired by the development of Self as presented by Kierkegaard.  Finally, the article discusses to what extent Per in his final form  stands in a relationship to something divine.