The Return : Intertextuality of the Reminiscing of Karelian Evacuees in Finland

In this article, I examine the intertextuality of reminiscence writings of Karelian evacuees in Finland. The main topics of these writings are the two journeys of evacuation from the ceded Karelia to Finland, which writers experienced as chil- dren during and after the Second World War, and journeys...

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Published in:The Journal of American Folklore
Main Author: Savolainen, Ulla
Other Authors: Folklore Studies, Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY 2017
Subjects:
6160 Other humanities
Folklore Studies
folkloristics
personal narratives
poetics
Intertextuality
Migration
Forced Migration
Travel
Reminiscence
Karelia
The Second World War
karelia*
karelian
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/188835
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Summary:In this article, I examine the intertextuality of reminiscence writings of Karelian evacuees in Finland. The main topics of these writings are the two journeys of evacuation from the ceded Karelia to Finland, which writers experienced as chil- dren during and after the Second World War, and journeys back to the region of their childhood, which became possible after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the case of negotiations surrounding spatiotemporal distance and the creation of bridges between the past and the present, I argue that intertextuality plays a crucial but somewhat underanalyzed role in reminiscing. Peer reviewed

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