![]() ![]() ![]() Kalevala is real history in Timo Parvela's trilogy Sammon vartijat ("The guards of the Sampo") and Seija Vilen's Pohjan akka ("The Old Woman of Pohjola"). What happened to Lemminkäinen after Kalevala has ended that is told in Juha Ruusuvuori's Lemminkäisen laulu ("The Song of Lemminkäinen"). Jari Tammi's Kalevan solki ("The Brooh of Kaleva") tells the Kalevala-story "how it really happened". Johanna Sinisalo's Sankarit ("The Heroes") is Kalevala retold in modern times, and shaman Väinämöinen is a rock star named Rex. I will present examples of books with different connections to Kalevala. My topic is especially quite new literature, beginning from 1990's. I am studying literature with intertextual connections to Kalevala. Kalevala the text has been rewritten in modern Finnish (both in verse and prose form) and in many Finnish dialects. Today there is even comics and rock lyric inspired by Kalevala. ![]() Since publishing Kalevala has been a source of inspiration for artists, composers, and authors. The new Kalevala was published in 1849 this is what we know as the Kalevala today. The first Kalevala was published in 1835, but Lönnrot expanded it made some changes. The Finnish national epic, Kalevala, was compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore verses. In my paper, I will present some books with different kind of connections to Kalevala. My topic is especially quite new literature, beginning from 1990’s. I am studying literature with intertextual connections to Kalevala, Finnish national epic. ![]()
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