Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Comparative Literature, PhD, University of Tampere
Award Date: 15 Dec 1997
Comparative Literature, Master of Arts, University of Iowa
Award Date: 1 Dec 1991
External positions
Life member, Clare Hall college, University of Cambridge
1 Sep 2015 → …Fields of Science
- 6122 Literature studies
- French literature
- Narratology
- British literature
- Modernism
- 19th century studies
- Narrative research
- Comparative literature
- Travel literature
- Theory of literature
- Theory of fiction
- Literary nonfiction
- Interpretation
- Reading
- Stylistics
- 6132 Visual arts and design
- Word and image studies
- Graphic narrative
- Comics
- Illustration
- Picture books
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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The ICLA Research Committee on Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative: Introduction
Mikkonen, K. & Buchenberger, S., 10 Jan 2021, Dialogues between Media: in XXI. Congress of the ICLA - Proceedings. Ferstl, P. (ed.). Berlin/Munich/Boston: De Gruyter Open, Vol. 5. p. 14-18 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword / postscript › Scientific › peer-review
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The Vanishing Narrator Meets the Fundamental Narrator: On the Literary Historical and Transmedial Limitations of the Narrator Concept
Mikkonen, K., 1 Feb 2021, Optional-Narrator Theory: Principles, Perspectives, Proposals. Patron, S. (ed.). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, p. 238-258 21 p. (Frontiers of Narrative).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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“The marquise went out at 5 o’clock”: Novel beginnings and realistic expectations
Mikkonen, K., 3 Jul 2020, In: Frontiers of narrative studies. 6, 1, p. 4-17 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abstracted Narration and Narrative Abstraction: Forms of Interplay between Narration and Abstraction in Comics
Mikkonen, K., 15 May 2019, Comics and Abstraction/ Bande dessinée et abstraction. Rommens, A. (ed.). Liège et Bruxelles: Presses Universitaires de Liège, Vol. I. p. 262-82 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Global Attention in Reading Comics: Eye movement indications of interplay between narrative content and layout
Mikkonen, K. H. & Lautenbacher, OP., Mar 2019, In: ImageTexT. 10, 2, 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Kuvalliset tekstit ja lukijoiden silmänliikkeet
Tiittula, L., Lautenbacher, O. P., Koponen, M. & Mikkonen, K.
Helsingin yliopisto, Humanistinen tiedekunta
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2016
Project: Research project
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Respeaking
Tiittula, L., Linden, K., Bacon, H., Carlson, L., Eskelinen, J., Hartama-Heinonen, R., Koponen, M., Kukkonen, P., Mikkonen, K. & Pekkilä, E. O.
01/02/2013 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research project
Activities
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Poetics Today (Journal)
Kai Mikkonen (Reviewer)
20 Aug 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Kirjallisuus ja terrorismi: empatian keinot, sympatian rajat
Kai Mikkonen (Speaker)
19 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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University of Tartu (External organisation)
Kai Mikkonen (Assessment)
30 Nov 2020Activity: Membership types › Assessment of candidates for academic posts
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Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen Aikakauslehti Avain (Journal)
Kai Mikkonen (Reviewer)
15 Mar 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Revue nordique des études francophones = Nordic journal of francophone studies (Journal)
Kai Mikkonen (Reviewer)
15 Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
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Resa i läsfåtöljen: ”Jorden runt på 80 dagar”
06/07/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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An Interview with Kai Mikkonen, Author of Narrative Paths: African Travel in Modern Fiction and Nonfiction
18/03/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Arvostettu tiedekirjakustantamo julkaisi Kai Mikkosen kirjan sarjakuvakerronnasta ja nosti hänet alan huipulle
11/08/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media