Numbrimaagia ja sõnamaagia. Kirjanduskriitika ülevaade 2022–2023 by Ave Taavet, Johanna Rannik

Subjects: “…literary criticism…”
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Subjektiivsuse aspekt Aurora Semperi kontserdikriitikas aastail 1938–1940 ja 1957–1965 by Meeta Morozov

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Marta Sillaotsa mitmepositsiooniline elu XX sajandi alguskümnendeil by Külliki Steinberg

“…This article explores the feasibility of adapting this concept to the Estonian literary context by looking at the case of Marta Sillaots (1887–1969), known to the wider public mostly as a translator and critic. Less known is her work as a teacher, journalist, and an author of not just children’s stories, but of adult prose, too. …”
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Luulesõrestik üle ookeani. Marie Underi ja Ivar Ivaski kirjavahetuse teemaanalüüsi poole by Marin Laak, Tiina Ann Kirss

“…Since coming to the United States, Ivask completed a PhD in comparative literature and established himself as a scholar and critic in Germanic Studies. He became associated with the publication Books Abroad, later renamed under his editorship as World Literature Today. …”
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Kujundlik mõtlemine 2020.–2022. aasta keelekriisis by Ene Vainik, Geda Paulsen

“…The corpus of texts was analyzed qualitatively from the viewpoint of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Figurative Framing, Systemic Functional Linguistics, and Critical Discourse Analysis. The critical situation stimulated figurative thinking by all the “voices” in discussion: language practitioners framed the Estonian language as a ‘needy’ – an image, which was amplified into an image of ‘protegee’ and further so into ‘victim’. …”
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Mõeldes rahust rongisõidu ajal ehk kui Leida Kibuvits ja Virginia Woolf oleksid kohtunud by Eret Talviste

“…The article sees this imaginary meeting as something that Saidiya Hartman would term critical fabulation, and it situates Kibuvits’s and Woolf’s dialogue in the critical framework of transnational feminist modernist studies. …”
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Atlandi ookeani varjatud allhoovused by Kadri Tüür, Lauri Õunapuu

“…We first provide a short overview of the critical response to the play upon its initial staging by Voldemar Panso and discuss the reasons for its subsequent limited success. …”
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Dekadentlik kirjutus kui feministlik praktika. Alma Ostra jutustus „Aino” by Merlin Kirikal

“…As such, “Aino” engages in a critical conversation with both the anti-feminist lines of thought that perpetuate women’s lack of creative capacity and independence, and the feminist theories of the first half of the 20th century, which emphasized women’s autonomy as well as the importance of their sexual fulfilment.…”
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Liikuvus maal – läbi kriiside hübriidse võrgustunud ruumi poole by Raili Nugin

“…In the case of Ukrainians, the ability to move was also critical – it consisted in the very possibility of leaving Ukraine. …”
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COVID-19 ja udmurdi pärimuskultuur by Nikolai Anisimov, Galina Glukhova

“…The data allow us to evaluate the changes in Udmurt customs and people’s adaptation to critical situations. Self-isolation caused anxiety in many village dwellers, because it was not possible to party in real time and place. …”
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Kohalikud tavad ja pühaduse poliitika Trakai järvestiku piirkonnas by Lina Leparskienė

“…Based on long-term personal observations of how values and regulations of the historical national park of Trakai evolved and were introduced in the local context in practice, a critical approach is applied concerning the separation of the local community from their decision-making about the symbolic or physical usage of their surroundings. …”
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Kuidas suhtub Eesti LGBT kogukond sõnasse kväär? by Aet Kuusik

“…Additionally, it marks membership in the LGBT community without necessitating a specific critical context. The online survey results show diverse attitudes towards the word kväär among the LGBT community, with a slight tendency towards negative interpretations. …”
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„Tülitan teid oma Siberi keelega”. Rosalie Ottessoni mängukirjeldused Eesti Rahvaluule Arhiivis by Anu Korb, Astrid Tuisk

“…In order to record folklore, Ottesson had to develop a way of both using linguistic tools and situating (oral) village culture in the context of folklore collection. Archivists used to criticize Ottesson’s collection for overemphasizing an irrelevant and personal point of view: commenting on the text, adding her own assessments. …”
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Tõrked Eesti venekeelse kirjanduse omaks tunnistamisel 1918–1940. Igor Severjanini juhtum by Igor Kotjuh

“…The main barriers have been highlighted by means of source criticism. 2) Igor Severyanin’s life and work serve to situate him as a representative of Estonian literature. …”
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Nõukogude Eesti kirjanduselu parteiline juhtimine 1960. aastatel kirjanike liidu näitel by Tiiu Kreegipuu

“…As is typical of the Khrushchev Thaw, the discussions were often quite informal and critical in tone, but the main ideological line and framework through which Soviet ideologists saw writers and literary life remained unchanged. …”
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Karskustöö sünnitab eugeenikaliikumise by Ken Kalling

“…The second wing, deriving from radical intellectuals, many of which later turned to solidarism, favoured the imposing of limitations and regulations by the society to keep people away from alcohol. This approach was criticized by the liberals for the paternalist approach it was containing, rendering human beings to plainly biological entities. …”
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Sõeludes dekadentsi. Gabriele D’Annunzio tõlge ja retseptsioon XX sajandi alguse eesti kultuuris by Daniele Monticelli

“…This is especially pronounced in the translation of “The Innocent”, which not only outraged critics hostile to Young Estonia’s agenda, but also raised doubts among the movement’s own members. …”
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Dekadents ja elu. Nietzschelik-bergsonlik liikumise ning voolamise esteetika Tammsaare ja Semperi varases proosas by Mirjam Hinrikus, Merlin Kirikal

“…The article illustrates the contrasts and similarities between these two notions, with the latter elucidated by reference to movement, change, and transition. Critics have also suggested connections between Nietzschean concepts, such as life and the Dionysian, and Bergson’s élan vital and duration. …”
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Eesti nõukogude loojak by Märt Väljataga

“…The emergence of the neo-decadence trend may be attributed to late-Soviet social fatigue and stagnation, the generational desire to distinguish from the dominant 1960s generation, and the growing influence of postmodernism as a departure from the international constructivist and austere style of high modernism. Contemporary criticism occasionally discussed signs of Stoicism, Skepticism, and Epicureanism in culture, sometimes drawing parallels between the emerging postmodernism and Hellenistic imperial culture.…”
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Kohapärimuse roll keskkonnakonflikti diskursuses: Paluküla hiiemäe juhtum by Lona Päll

“…This article is a critical study of how local place-related narratives, i.e., place-lore, is integrated into environmental discussions. …”
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