Shattering Minds
This study offers a new perspective on unusual and unsettling experiences that are often interpreted as “mental illnesses” and on the techniques through which literary representations invite readerly responses and engagement. The book examines how four Finnish modernist writers, Helvi Hämäläinen, Jo...
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2024
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| description | This study offers a new perspective on unusual and unsettling experiences that are often interpreted as “mental illnesses” and on the techniques through which literary representations invite readerly responses and engagement. The book examines how four Finnish modernist writers, Helvi Hämäläinen, Jorma Korpela, Timo K. Mukka, and Maria Vaara, construct experiences of shattering and distress as bodily experiences that are embedded in the social and material world and entangled with social and cultural norms that govern subjectivity, gender, and sexuality. Drawing on narrative theory, theories of embodied cognition, phenomenology of illness, and feminist theory, the analyses show how literary works can invite readers to respond emotionally and to reflect on our views of the human mind and its interaction with the world. The book sheds light on the fictional portrayals and techniques of representation and on the ethics of narrating and reading about painful experiences. It also illuminates the ways the mind, body, consciousness, and mental distress are discussed in Finnish modernist literature and situates the texts in the international modernist tradition. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1337512026-05-04T18:58:29Z Shattering Minds Ovaska, Anna phenomenology; narratology; modernism; mental disorders; Finnish language literature; literary research thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law::LNTM Medical and healthcare law thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law::LNTM Medical and healthcare law This study offers a new perspective on unusual and unsettling experiences that are often interpreted as “mental illnesses” and on the techniques through which literary representations invite readerly responses and engagement. The book examines how four Finnish modernist writers, Helvi Hämäläinen, Jorma Korpela, Timo K. Mukka, and Maria Vaara, construct experiences of shattering and distress as bodily experiences that are embedded in the social and material world and entangled with social and cultural norms that govern subjectivity, gender, and sexuality. Drawing on narrative theory, theories of embodied cognition, phenomenology of illness, and feminist theory, the analyses show how literary works can invite readers to respond emotionally and to reflect on our views of the human mind and its interaction with the world. The book sheds light on the fictional portrayals and techniques of representation and on the ethics of narrating and reading about painful experiences. It also illuminates the ways the mind, body, consciousness, and mental distress are discussed in Finnish modernist literature and situates the texts in the international modernist tradition. 2024-01-30T06:31:14Z 2024-01-30T06:31:14Z 2024-01-29T11:24:41Z 2023 book OCN: 1399164926 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87350 9789518586374 9789518586381 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/133751 eng Studia Fennica Litteraria open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/87350/1/shattering-minds.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/87350/1/shattering-minds.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/87350/1/shattering-minds.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/87350/1/shattering-minds.pdf Finnish Literature Society / SKS Finnish Literature Society 10.21435/sflit.13 10.21435/sflit.13 8ceefe60-b6e9-4502-8498-ff110bb0f062 9789518586374 9789518586381 Finnish Literature Society 265 open access |
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