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Political Dimensions In Aino Kallas’s Texts

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This article focuses on how the Finnish-Estonian literary author Aino Kallas (1878–1956) worked with fact and fiction in order to activate a political dimension in her works. I offer an interpretation inspired by the literary theorist Jacques Rancière, whereby the short story Bernhard Riives is discussed in terms of the creation of new political subjects. When Kallas toured the USA and Canada in 1926 she opened her recitals by giving a historical background that could explain the events of her fictive story. The interplay between fact and fiction politicized both the original story and the event of the public reading, I argue, but in ways that were out of the control of the author.

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  • Katarina Leppänen, 2013. "Political Dimensions In Aino Kallas’s Texts," Journal of Baltic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(4), pages 527-539, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rbalxx:v:44:y:2013:i:4:p:527-539
    DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2013.845851
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