Maps from Moomin Valley. Cartographic Reading of Tove Jansson’s Series Cover Image

Mapy z Doliny Muminków. Lektura kartograficzna cyklu Tove Jansson
Maps from Moomin Valley. Cartographic Reading of Tove Jansson’s Series

Author(s): Iwona Gralewicz-Wolny
Subject(s): Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Tove Jansson; Moomins; maps; illustration;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the reading of maps attached to selected volumes of Tove Jansson’s Moomin series. These maps constitute a specific type of illustration of the content of the work, discreetly corresponding to the overarching meaning of the text and its specific emotional aura. In the Finnish writer’s artistic project, the map plays a lesser role in representation, aiming to direct readers’ experiences and stimulate their imagination rather than to improve our orientation in the worlds presented in the story. A map designed in this way supports interpretation, helping the recipient feel the atmosphere of unique stories from Moomin Valley.

  • Issue Year: 13/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 238-253
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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