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Ennaliina
Leiwo
Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing

Areas of expertise

children's literature
contemporary youth literature
literary authorship studies
empirical literary studies
feminist literary studies

Biography

Ennaliina Leiwo is a doctoral researcher in Finnish literature at the University of Turku. Her research focuses particularly on issues of authorship in contemporary Finnish youth literature, as well as the potential of empirical methods in literary authorship studies. Ennaliina is currently working on her doctoral dissertation, “Conceptions of Literature and Their Aesthetical and Ideological Connections in the Contemporary Finnish Youth Literature Publishing.” The dissertation builds on her master's thesis, completed in spring 2024, which examined the conceptions of youth literature held by "sensitivity readers" in Finnish youth literature publishing.