Semiotics of Tobacco: the Case of Runeberg’s Pipe

• Authors: Mika Hallila
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The essay introduces an approach called the semiotics of tobacco by analyzing one narrative poem. The analyzed poem is Fänrik Stål (1848) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the national poet of Finland. Fänrik Stål is traditionally considered nationalistic and patriotic. When analyzed in the context of semiotic of tobacco, the traditional way to interpret it is challenged. In the end, this case analysis of Finnish literature is used as an example of broader problems in representing tobacco in literature in order to establish the approach of the semiotics of tobacco.

Keywords

EN

semiotics; tobacco; literature; narrative poem; Runeberg

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Journal of Applied Cultural Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 1

Dates

published

2015

online

2015-06-15

Contributors

author

Mika Hallila

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/jacs.2015.1.11