Unsettled Childhood and Youth Unsettled Childhood and Youth PalojokiPa - PDF document

1 1 Unsettled Childhood and Youth, Unsettl
1 Unsettled Childhood and Youth, Unsettled Childhood and Youth, PalojokiPalojokiNurmijNurmijrvirviParishParishColorful relativesColorful relativesSailor grandfatherSailor grandfatherTailor fatherTailor fatherMattiMattithe Robberthe RobberUncleUncleThree brothers and a sister, of Three brothers and a sister, of which youngest boywhich youngest boyLegendary childhood as Legendary childhood as king of king of the playgroundthe playgroundTaught to read at age six, by the Taught to read at age six, by the Parish deanParish deanSent to school in Helsinki, 1846Sent to school in Helsinki, 1846Acquisition of literary SwedishAcquisition of literary SwedishLodger at Lodger at PalmqvistPalmqvistfamily homefamily homeLibraryLibraryDaughterDaughterImpoverished studentImpoverished students marriage s marriage proposal rejected, 1853proposal rejected, 1853Independent studies lead to Amidst student politics 1859Amidst student politics 185918631863FennomaneFennomanemovementmovementEditorial assistantEditorial assistantPowerful patronsPowerful patronsFennomaneFennomaneopponentsopponentsAugust August AhlqvistAhlqvistIndigenous or Imitative art?Indigenous or Imitative art?SvecomaneSvecomaneromanticismromanticismIndifferent studentIndifferent studentNo bureaucratic ambitionsNo bureaucratic ambitionsLiterary passionLiterary passionKullervoKullervo(1859)(1859)PersonalityPersonalityNervousNervousLaconicLaconicAsceticAsceticSelfSelf 2 Fourteen works in seven yearsFourteen works in seven yearsKullervoKullervo1860 literary prize from SKS1860 lite

2 rary prize from SKSBreakthroughBreakthro
rary prize from SKSBreakthroughBreakthroughHope attached to Hope attached to KiviKiviOpposition because of styleOpposition because of style1866: two plays and a poetry 1866: two plays and a poetry collectioncollectionDrama, poetry, and a novelDrama, poetry, and a novelWhat was What was KiviKivistyle?style?Deftly inventive linguisticallyDeftly inventive linguisticallyYet folksy and humorous Yet folksy and humorous languagelanguageDeeply aware of literary Deeply aware of literary modelsmodelsShakespeare Shakespeare CervantesCervantesHollbergHollberg Albert Edelfelt’sdeath-mask drawing of Kivi, 1873 Five ActsFive ActsClassical modelsClassical modelsLudvigLudvigHolbergHolberg(1684(16841754)1754)EskoEskocomical but honest comical but honest attempts at marriageattempts at marriageBuffoonish fatherDomineering motherDomineering motherComplex Complex EskoEskoLinguistically cleverLinguistically cleverFaithful and loyalFaithful and loyalHonestHonestA little bit dumbA little bit dumbTragicomic combinationTragicomic combination The often adapted Nummisuutarit,first made by SuomiFilmi, 1923 Remade in color by SuomiFilmi, 1957 SeitsemSeitsemännveljestä(Seven Brother,Seven Brother,1870)1870) Project undertaken over a Project undertaken over a decadedecadeFirst novel in FinnishFirst novel in FinnishPicaresque modelsPicaresque modelsCervantesCervantesDon QuixoteDon QuixoteSchillerSchillers Robber dramass Robber dramasPeculiar novelPeculiar novelDramatic dialogueDramatic dialogueCollective focusCollective focusRenaissance novelRenaissanc

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e novelBreadthBreadthHumorHumorStyleStyleRomanticismRomanticismLyrical fantasyLyrical fantasyNovel of education Novel of education BildungsromanBildungsromanEnormous linguistic richnessEnormous linguistic richnessKiviplayed for comedy: Seitsemänveljestäin the theater, 1951 Kivias cultural savior, JariHalonen’scinematic Kivi, 2001 The work is laughable, a disgrace in Finnish literature. In The work is laughable, a disgrace in Finnish literature. In particular, it meanparticular, it meanspiritedly denigrates the Finnish folk, spiritedly denigrates the Finnish folk, while the authorwhile the authors depictions appear as though mimicking s depictions appear as though mimicking nature. Nowhere is the Finnish folk like thisnature. Nowhere is the Finnish folk like thisas the heroes as the heroes of this novel. The folk is serious and restrained, which has of this novel. The folk is serious and restrained, which has tilled the unforgiving Finnish soil. The Finnish people are of tilled the unforgiving Finnish soil. The Finnish people are of a different nature than a different nature than ImpivaaraImpivaaradenizens.denizens.AhlqvistAhlqvistSnellmanSnellmanempasizesempasizesfreedom and selffreedom and selfdefinition of the brothersdefinition of the brothersFinnish Literature Foundation politicsFinnish Literature Foundation politicsHow should money be spent to foster a national literatureHow should money be spent to foster a national literatureWhat kind of literature should be supported? What kind of literature should be supported?