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Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire during the years 1808-1917. At this time nationalism as well as other ideologies reached Finland from Europe, which strengthened the willingness to change both in society and on a governmental level. The Fennoman movement, which was a movement focusing both on language and on nationalism, became the core of the Finnish self-perception. The goal was to define Finland as a coherent and separate country in relation to its neighbouring countries. Collecting folk poems and learning to know one's home country became essential. People saw the Kalevala poems as a way to understand and define the Finnish identity and the history of the Finnish people. Especially young people with a background in academia were intrigued by these ideas. University students collected poems all over the Grand Duchy of Finland as well as in the Russian part of Carelia, in Sweden, Norway and in Ingria. Students who collected these folk poems also wrote travelogues about their travels and all this material was handed over to The Finnish Literature Society. These documents are unique and there has not been much research done on them, especially with the focus on how the young academic generation during the age of autonomy defined their home country, their national self-perception, themselves and the commoners living in the rural parts of the country. This book reviews travelogues written by one hundred university students who travelled in the country collecting folk poems during 1836-1917. The book offers insight into how the students described Finland and what it meant to be Finnish. Travelogues can be defined as a sort of hybrid of texts. They consist of a mixture of letters, journals, biographical texts and travel books. Consequently, the image that the students depict of Finland is in this study based upon research perspectives and methods used in textual research, oral history and travel literature. The travelogues written by students previously evoked the interest of researchers who mainly studied certain traits of poem collectors, tradition bearers or poems. However, the travelogues contain plenty of information about the lives of the people who lived in the areas where the poems were collected. The descriptions of Finland in the travelogues do not represent the "real" 19th century Finland, but instead it is a story written and created by university students. The characteristics that are presented in The Land of Hope are based on how the intelligentsia perceived "real" Finnishness as opposed to the uneducated commoners living in the rural parts of the country. The most notable themes in the travelogues are the state and the future of the society and of being Finnish. Another theme is the otherization of those who were uneducated commoners. These themes describe the fears and hopes that university students had about Finland. They also show us that the travelogues were ideological texts about Finland and Finnishness that united the collectors of folk poetry. This book studies the collection of folk poetry in the context of the ideologies during the age of autonomy and it explains what the collection of poems meant and who were involved in it. Furthermore, the book gives an insight into the possibilities to pursue academic studies and it also presents the most essential sources of students' knowledge about Finland at that point of time.

Folk poetry --- History and criticism.

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Este volumen forma parte de la Serie Estudios de Lingüística y Literatura, y fue editado con el propósito de rendir homenaje póstumo a Mercedes Díaz Roig, quien fuera investigadora del Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios. Predominan en este libro los trabajos dedicados al romancero, que muestran una amplia gama de perspectivas de estudio y de investigación.

Folklore --- Spanish-American literature --- Mexico --- Oral tradition --- Folk poetry, Latin American --- Folk poetry, Spanish --- Romances, Spanish --- History and criticism. --- Spanish folk poetry --- Spanish poetry --- Latin American folk poetry --- Latin American poetry --- Tradition, Oral --- Oral communication --- Oral history --- Literature: history & criticism

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"Words as Events introduces the tradition of short, communicative rhyming couplets, the mantinádes, as still sung and recited in a variety of performance situations on the island of Crete. Recently, these poems have also entered modern mass media and they are widely being exchanged as text messages by Cretans. Focusing on the multi-functionality of the short form, Sykäri demonstrates how the traditional register gives voice to individual experiences in spontaneous utterances. The local focus on communicative economy and artistry is further examined in a close analysis of the processes and ideals of composition. By analyzing how the "restrictions" of form and performative conventions in fact generate impulses of creativity, the author creates a theoretical approach that is sensitive to the special characteristics of the short, rhymed poetic traditions. In this interdisciplinary study, the reader is invited to become familiar with the current folklore theory of oral poetry, which has a long tradition in Finland. The author combines the results of earlier folkloristic and anthropological insights, and extends the theoretical concerns further to address questions of spontaneity and individual agency. The research data has been produced in communicative interactions during long-term fieldwork. As a result, the short, rhymed poetry, often neglected by scholars in earlier research paradigms, can now be seen in new light - specifically as dialogic poetry - through its extended, multi-layered dialogic qualities."

Folk songs, Greek (Modern) --- Folk poetry, Greek (Modern) --- Greek folk poetry, Modern --- Modern Greek folk poetry --- Greek poetry, Modern --- Greek folk songs, Modern --- Modern Greek folk songs --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism

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Folk poetry, Russian --- Protest poetry, Russian --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism.

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En su estudio, la autora sugiere que un romance se mueve en el tiempo y en el espacio y, sin perder su esencia, va dando nacimiento a otros textos semejantes, pero no idénticos. La renovación del romance, apunta Díaz Roig, permite una adaptación a los gustos particulares, sociales o temporales, que favorece tanto la aprehensión del texto como su circulación.

Romanceros --- Poesie espagnole --- Folk poetry, Spanish. --- Folk poetry, Mexican. --- Ballads, Spanish. --- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Spanish & Portuguese. --- Poesie populaire mexicaine --- Poesie populaire espagnole --- Folk poetry, Spanish --- Folk poetry, Mexican --- Ballads, Spanish --- Ballades mexicaines --- Ballades espagnoles --- Histoire et critique. --- History and criticism. --- Mexico. --- Mexican folk poetry --- Mexican poetry --- Spanish folk poetry --- Spanish poetry --- Spanish ballads --- Spanish ballads and songs --- Anáhuac --- Estados Unidos Mexicanos --- Maxico --- Méjico --- Mekishiko --- Meḳsiḳe --- Meksiko --- Meksyk --- Messico --- Mexique (Country) --- República Mexicana --- Stany Zjednoczone Meksyku --- United Mexican States --- United States of Mexico --- מקסיקו --- メキシコ --- Literary studies: poetry & poets