Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish

Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish

Forming an identity or a national identity is a long process every country in the world has gone through. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate how the Finnish identity has been portrayed in media between the years 1836-1893. The aim is to uncover how the Finnish epic, the Kalevala ha...

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Main Author: Ahonen, Olivia
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV) 2019
Subjects:
Identity construction
Nationalism
Culture
History
Historia
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-80831
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-808312019-03-02T05:36:40ZDevelopment of National Identity : The Kalevala and the FinnishengUtvecklandet av en nationell identitet : Kalevala och finländarnaAhonen, OliviaLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)2019Identity constructionNationalismCultureHistoryHistoriaForming an identity or a national identity is a long process every country in the world has gone through. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate how the Finnish identity has been portrayed in media between the years 1836-1893. The aim is to uncover how the Finnish epic, the Kalevala has influenced the creation of a Finnish national identity, which will be done through discourse analysis of five newspaper articles published over a timespan of about 60 years. The results showed that there were some changes over time in how the Finnish are portrayed in relation to the Kalevala. However, this difference was not applicable to all the studied categories. In conclusion, identity is something individual and through the individuality a common identity could be formed in Finland in the 1800s. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-80831application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Identity construction
Nationalism
Culture
History
Historia
spellingShingle Identity construction
Nationalism
Culture
History
Historia
Ahonen, Olivia
Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish
description Forming an identity or a national identity is a long process every country in the world has gone through. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate how the Finnish identity has been portrayed in media between the years 1836-1893. The aim is to uncover how the Finnish epic, the Kalevala has influenced the creation of a Finnish national identity, which will be done through discourse analysis of five newspaper articles published over a timespan of about 60 years. The results showed that there were some changes over time in how the Finnish are portrayed in relation to the Kalevala. However, this difference was not applicable to all the studied categories. In conclusion, identity is something individual and through the individuality a common identity could be formed in Finland in the 1800s.
author Ahonen, Olivia
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author_sort Ahonen, Olivia
title Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish
title_short Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish
title_full Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish
title_fullStr Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish
title_full_unstemmed Development of National Identity : The Kalevala and the Finnish
title_sort development of national identity : the kalevala and the finnish
publisher Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)
publishDate 2019
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