Ceļš uz savu valsti Annas Brigaderes romānā “Kvēlošā lokā”

Abstract

Anna Brigadere’s (1861–1933) novel “The Glowing Circle” (Kvēlošā lokā, 1928) is the writer’s only novel. The article examines how Brigadere recreated the path to the state’s founding in the novel and how she interpreted the events of that time. The aim of the article is to show in which aspects Brigadere creates the novel as the historical memory and cultural basis of the nation and in which aspects she expresses the views of her social group. The article uses materials in Latvian and German from the collections of the Museum of Literature and Music. The article uses case analysis – primary research case analysis and explanatory case analysis – to look at museum materials and their relationship to the text of the novel, as well as discourse analysis. Brigadere emphasises in the novel that the Republic of Latvia was established at a time when two countries (Russia and Germany) were trying to include it in their circle of interests, when people were involved in the war, and when it gradually became clear that only their own country could save the nation. In the novel, Brigadere opposes social-democratic and communist views. With the final solution of the novel, she joins the positivist tradition of Latvian literature.