Semiperifera anmärkningar: En diskussion om regionens plats i världslitteraturen

Katarina Leppänen

doi:10.54797/tfl.v48i1-2.7612

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Katarina Leppänen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54797/tfl.v48i1-2.7612

Nyckelord:

world literature, Nordic countries, critical regionalism, world system theories

Abstract

Semiperipheral Notes. A Discussion on the Meaning of Region in World Literature

The article discusses how a view from the semi-periphery of the Nordic countries, with specific focus on the region as the scale of
analysis, may theoretically challenge world literature. Understanding region as ‘direction’ or orientation suggest a rethinking of what regionality can encompass. The world-system theory of the Warwick Research Collective, which explicitly emphasizes the importance of semi-periphery, is contrasted with postcolonial theory. Although postcolonial theory cannot uncritically be applied in a Nordic context, it may still serve as a more creative stance when investigating the literature of the early 20th century and the importance of vernacularization of national literatures combined with a cosmopolitan attraction.

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Katarina Leppänen

Katarina Leppänen är professor i idé- och lärdomshistoria vid Göteborgs universitet. Hennes forskning rör sig oftast inom områdena ekokritik/miljöhistoria och litteratur/nation, alltid med ett genusperspektiv. Bland hennes publikationer kan nämnas avhandlingen Elin Wägner’s Alarm Clock. Ecofeminist Theory in the Interwar Era (2005/2007), ”Fiction as a Historical Source. Alternative Identities in Aino Kallas and Hella Wuolijoki” i Ideas in History (2013), samt ”The Swedish Journal Morgonbris on Political Violence in Finland 1917–1918” i Scandinavian Journal of History (2018).