Circular Forms in Aleksis Kivi’s Texts

Year: 2016 Authors: Tiina Katriina Kukkonen

Core claim

Kivi’s texts repeatedly use expanding and converging circular figures, along with related polygons, to organize narrative space and imagery.

Topics

textual geometry, circular imagery, narrative space, Finnish literature

Domains

geometry, circles, polygons, literature, visual analysis, literary imagery

Methods

close reading, geometric analysis, comparative literary analysis

Media

novels, plays, poems, translated texts

Source status

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