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In this research I analyzed how music is described in Tove Jansson's moomin books. I also analyzed descriptions of music as an element of characterization. Many researches concerning moomin books have been done earlier. Earlier research points out that music has a significant role in the world of moomins and in the life of moomin characters. Analyzing music as an element in characterization was however recent opening to the field of research. I chose four moomin books to be my main material because there were clearly most of descriptions of music in these books. My material were Comet in Moominland, Moominland Midwinter, Tales from Moominvalley and Moominvalley in November. Most of descriptions of music played role in characterizations of Snufkin, Fillyjonk and Too-ticky, so I focused on these characters. I used content analysis based thematic approach as my method when finding answer to the question how music is described in moomin books. With the help of close reading, I tried to find out how characters are constructed with music. In this research it found out that music is described in Tove Jansson's moomin books with songs and lyrics, with descriptions of instruments and with descriptions of tunes and notes. Songs and lyrics constructed character of Too-ticky by telling Too-ticky's accepting attitude towards the uncertainty that exists in the world. Songs and lyrics didn't significantly construct character of Snufkin. There were lots of different instruments in moomin books but the only instrument which constructed characters in a significant way was the mouth-organ. The mouth-organ constructed character of Snufkin by showing his features and emotions. The mouth-organ constructed character of Fillyjonk by acting as the symbol of creativity and balance. In this research also the nature was considered as an instrument. Snufkin heard his longing of freedom and loneliness in the sound of the nature. Tunes and notes told about Snufkin's inner conflict between loneliness and communality. Tunes and notes also described Snufkin's process of composing. That process of composing personificated as a little creature called Teety-woo in The Spring Tune- short story. Tunes and notes constructed character of Fillyjonk in the way that they took her to the new levels of her identity.

Motivation. The motivation for this research was to analyse the everyday life of Tove Jansson´s Moomin family through the components of the activity theory. The study is theoretically based on the concepts of everyday life and family research on home, family, the everyday life and division of la-bour between family members, and on the Korvela´s (2003) home economic based interpretations of Yrjö Engeströms´s (1987) activity system diagram. The homemaking activities of the Moomin family are looked at through these concepts and interpretations. The aim of the study is to analyse the repre-sentation of everyday life in a work of fiction by using the methods of scientific research, and gather up a description of everyday life which can be compared to theoretical framework. The research question is: What is the activity system of the Moomin family? Methods. The research data was distinguished from the first two chapters of the book Comet in Moominland and includes 21 situations where homemaking activities of the Moomin family are de-scribed. The situations were distinguished from the story through following criteria: Two or more members of the family must be in active interaction with each other, or at least one member whose activity constructs home as a physical and emotional space. The research was directed by the research data, and elements of activity system – object, subject, mediating artefacts, rules, community and di-vision of labour – were used as a keys to gather and analyse data and to examine the results. The re-search data was reconstructed in table format, which helped to distinguish the everyday life activities and the possible repetitive activities of the Moomin family from the data. The results were collated with the theoretical framework, which outlined the everyday life system of the Moomin family. Results and conclusions. The Moomin family life is the like any family with children. Moominmam-ma carries the expressive role and main responsibility of the homemaking chores. She is the heart, which keeps everyday life running fluidly on all levels. Moominpappa fills the instrumental role in the family. He takes care of construction work requiring physical strength, and ensures the safety of the family by placing himself between the family´s operational environment and the outside world. The son, Moomintroll, and adopted son, Sniff, live everyday life of children, developing their identi-ties through play and shared interactional relationship. The boys´ growing independency expands the family´s operational environment and drives the family´s everyday life. By taking both children in equal consideration both through actions and communications, Moominmamma in developing a sense of community between herself and Sniff and the rest of the family. The arrival of the Muskrat brings with it the end of the world, which represents a new object to the family’s everyday activities. The family reacts both as individuals and as a community, but finally they respond to the challenges and changes in their operational environments as a co-operating unity.

Tämän tutkielman tarkoituksena on vertailla, minkälaisia vertauksia esiintyy kaikkitietävän kertojan sekä hahmojen puheessa Tove Janssonin muumiromaaneissa. Lisäksi tarkastelen, muuttuvatko nämä vertaukset jollakin tavalla ajan myötä. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu neljästä muumiromaanista, jotka ovat Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen (1945), Farlig midsommar (1954), Trollvinter (1957) ja Sent i november (1970). Aineiston vertaukset poimin manuaalisesti. Analyysi on pääasialliselta luonteeltaan kvalitatiivinen, mutta siihen sisältyy myös kvantitatiivisia piirteitä. Aineiston analyysi noudattaa stilistiikan oppeja ja erityisesti Peter Cassirerin (2015) sekä Michael Shortin ja Geoffrey Leechin (1981) kuvauksia kaunokirjallisuuden vertausten analysoimisesta. Aineisto sisältää 50 vertausta, joista 42 ilmenee kertojan puheessa ja 8 repliikeissä. Analyysi osoittaa, että kertojan ja hahmojen repliikkien vertaukset ovat hyvin samankaltaisia. Ne kuvaavat samoja ilmiöitä sekä sisältävät intensifiointia. Niiden merkitys on vahvistaa ja havainnollistaa sanottua. Molemmat luovat pääosin samanlaisen efektin, mutta vain kertojan vertaukset luovat jännitystä. Sekä kertojan että repliikkien vertaukset sisältävät niin konkretiaa kuin abstraktiutta, ja vertaukset ovat luonteeltaan multimodaalisia. Kumpaankin vertaustyyppiin kuuluu uusia ja vakiintuneita vertauksia, mutta suurin osa niistä on kuitenkin uusia. Vertaukset ovat valtaosin selkeitä ja yksiselitteisiä, vaikka niistä jotkut sisältävät myös monitulkintaisuutta. Lisäksi kummassakin vertaustyypissä ilmenee personifikaatiota sekä samoja teemoja, vaikkakin kertojalla on pari teemaryhmää enemmän ja muutama vertaus, joita ei voi luokitella. Selkeänä erona on myös se, että kertojan lauseessa voi esiintyä kaksi vertausta, kun repliikit sisältävät vain yhden vertauksen. Kertoja käyttää niin ikään enemmän vertauksia, ja kertojan vertausten määrä kasvaa suuremmin kirjasta toiseen kuin repliikkien vertausten määrä. Toisaalta repliikkien vertaukset ovat kaikki keskenään erilaisia, kun taas kertoja käyttää muutamaa samantyylistä vertausta. Vertausten määrä lisääntyy siten, että niiden frekvenssi on korkein viimeisessä romaanissa. Sekä kertojan että repliikkien vertausten määrä kasvaa, etenkin kun verrataan ensimmäistä ja viimeistä romaania. Näin ollen niin kertojan kuin hahmojenkin puhe muuttuu ainakin jossain määrin kuvaannollisemmaksi. Lisäksi vertaukset muuttuvat kekseliäämmiksi, kun viimeinen romaani sisältää enemmän uusia kuin vakiintuneita vertauksia.