{"id":738,"date":"2025-10-26T19:41:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/humsem\/?p=738"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:11:54","slug":"october-26-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/humsem\/2025\/10\/26\/october-26-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"October 29, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 29, 2025<\/strong> Sini Siitonen (UEF) \u201cMaxim Gorky&#8217;s reception in Finland\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation outlines the preliminary findings of a dissertation project entitled <em>The Finnish Reception of Maxim Gorky\u2019s Literary Works, 1900\u20131939<\/em>, currently being completed at the University of Eastern Finland. The research lies at the intersection of Literary Studies, Reception Studies, and Russian Literature, examining both Maxim Gorky\u2019s connections to Finland and the reception of his works in Finland, the United States, and the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study offers new perspectives on the transnational dynamics of Russian literature. Gorky\u2019s cultural status within the Finnish art world illustrates a crossing of conventional national boundaries, while the reception and evaluation of his work reflect not only the Finnish response to socialist realism but also the inherently transnational nature of socialist realism itself. 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