Research at the Department of Finnish Literature
The research practiced at the Department of Finnish Literature is characterised by multidisciplinarity, and literature as an art form is a conceptualised contextual phenomenon.
The research is focused on feminist literary criticism, transnationality, relations between nature and culture, digital culture, poetry, and children’s and young adult’s literature, and the research material consists of literature written in Finnish and Swedish from the 19th century up to the present day.
Typical research questions include the following:
- How has literature effected our images of gender?
- How does literature break down the borders of nationality?
- How does literature represent the relations between human and non-human?
- In what ways can the materiality of languages be read in poetry?
- How is the genre of children’s literature gendered?
Research projects
Messy Worlds
Comics and Migration: Belonging, Narration, Activism
Texts on the Move: Reception of Women's Writing in Finland and Russia 1840–2020
Turning Points in Finnish Literature
Recent publications
Avointa vertaisarviointia koskevalle selvitykselle rahoitus (2018)
Informaatiotutkimus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1))
Ilmastonmuutos ja kirjallisuuden aika (2018)
Vähäisiä lisiä: Kirjoituksia kulttuurista, tutkimuksesta ja kulttuuriperinnöstä
(Popularised article or blog post (E1))