Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
- Member of the Executive Council for the International Society for the Study of Narrative (ISSN, 2022-2024)
Teaching in 2023-2024
- BA Programme in Languages (English):
- Literature Tutorial
- Individual study guidance (HOPS) and portfolio work
- MA Programme in English Studies:
- Research Design for MA Thesis Writers in Literature
- MA Thesis Seminar in Literature
- Cognitive Literary Studies
- Independent Study Option: Contemporary British Metafiction
Mastodon: @MerjaPolvinen@hcommons.social
Photo: Johan Wahlgren for SCAS
Education/Academic qualification
Comparative literature, Docent, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 17 May 2017
English philology, PhD
Award Date: 27 Jan 2009
External positions
Erik Allardt Visiting Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Sep 2019 → Jun 2020
Visiting Scholar, Literature, Cognition and Emotions (LCE) / University of Oslo
2 Aug 2019 → 30 Aug 2019
Visiting Scholar, Project Narrative / The Ohio State University
1 Feb 2012 → 30 Apr 2012
Fields of Science
- 6122 Literature studies
- cognitive narratology
- literature and science
- fictionality
- contemporary literature
- British literature
- American literature
- speculative fiction
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Self-Reflective Fiction and 4E Cognition: An Enactive Approach to Literary Artifice
Polvinen, M., 30 Dec 2022, Abingdon: Routledge. 190 p. (Routledge Research in Cognitive Humanities)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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The Dark Inside the Prologue: Enactive Cognition and Eerie Ontology in Catherynne M. Valente's Radiance
Polvinen, M., Sep 2021, In: Style. 55, 3, p. 385-405 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The Place of the Cognitive in Literary Study: [Special Issue / Collection]
Kukkonen, K. (ed.), Kuzmicova, A. (ed.), Christiansen, S. L. (ed.) & Polvinen, M. (ed.), 2019, Cogent OA, an imprint of Taylor & Francis. (Cogent Arts & Humanities; vol. 6)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Mimetic and Synthetic Views of Characters: How Readers Process “People” in Fiction
Polvinen, M. & Sklar, H., 2019, In: Cogent Arts & Humanities. 6, 15 p., 1687257.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Narration and Focalization: A Cognitivist and an Unnaturalist, Made Strange
Polvinen, M. K. & Mäkelä, M., Sep 2018, In: Poetics Today. 39, 3, p. 495-521 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Projects
- 4 Finished
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iNARR: Instrumental Narratives: The Limits of Storytelling and New Story-Critical Narrative Theory
Meretoja, H., Mäkelä, M., Polvinen, M., Dunderlin, T., Kortekallio, K., Krieg, P. S., Oakes, E. A., Pettersson, B., Roine, H., Suoranta, E., Teittinen, J. I., Varis, E. E., Kortekallio, K. & Teittinen, J. I.
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Academy of Finland: Academy Project
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The Place of the Cognitive in Literary Study
Polvinen, M., Kukkonen, K., Kuzmicova, A. & Christiansen, S.
01/01/2018 → 30/06/2019
Project: Research project
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Tunne ja tieto
Lyytikäinen, P., Rossi, R., Salmela, M., Pyrhönen, H., Vanhanen, T. E., Tepora, T., Voutilainen, L., Palmén, R., Sklar, H. & Polvinen, M.
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2016
Project: Other project
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Styles of Mimesis
Lyytikäinen, P., Polvinen, M., Rossi, R., Isomaa, S., Nyqvist, S. & Kivistö, S.
01/01/2008 → 31/12/2010
Project: Research project
Activities
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Cognitive Narratology and the Artifice of Literary Environments
Merja Polvinen (Invited speaker)
3 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Keho, kognitio ja kaunokirjallisuuden aistiminen
Merja Polvinen (Keynote speaker)
6 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Enacting the Artifice: A Cognitive Approach to Literary Self-Reflection
Merja Polvinen (Speaker)
12 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Science Fiction and Cognitive Narratology; or, What Does Ted Chiang Do to Your Head? - Talk at Uppsala University, Department of English
Merja Polvinen (Speaker)
9 Mar 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Policy brief: The Practical Challenges of Interdisciplinarity
Merja Polvinen (Participant)
Feb 2020Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Press/Media
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YLE Kulttuuriykkösen radiohaastattelu Helsingin kirjamessuilla
25/10/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu Uniikki-lehden Hyvä tietää -kolumniin
02/12/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Varoitusvalo palaa. Ekokritiikki haluaa herättää
08/05/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media