0000000000728418

AUTHOR

Pauls Daija

showing 2 related works from this author

Tautas apgaismības idejas latviešu laicīgajā literatūrā 18.gs. otrajā pusē un 19.gs. sākumā

2013

Elektroniskā versija nesatur pielikumus

cultural transferLiteratūrzinātnehistory of Latvian literaturelatviešu literatūras vēsturetautas apgaismībapopular enlightenmentValodu un kultūras studijas dzimtās valodas studijas un valodu programmasFiloloģijakultūrpārnesesecularization of literatureliteratūras sekularizācija
researchProduct

Otherness and self in latvian theatre: Changes at the turn of the nineteenth century

2015

In the article, political and historical interpretations of the first play in Latvian, an adapted translation of Ludvig Holberg’s Jeppe of the Hill (1723, Latvian version 1790) are explored. Although the play has been often interpreted as a work of anti-alcohol propaganda, the article argues that the political motives of the play are no less important. Translated into Latvian during the time of the French revolution, the play mirrors the tense atmosphere of the revolutionary years and reflects changes in Latvian peasant identity. While translating, Baltic German pastor Alexander Johann Stender changed the play’s setting to the late eighteenth century Courland and added new details, emphasiz…

LiteratureEmancipationVisual Arts and Performing Artsbusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectLatvianEnlightenmentIdentity (social science)Colonialismlanguage.human_languagePeasantPoliticsSerfdomlanguageSociologybusinessmedia_common
researchProduct