Benedikts Kalnačs
leading researcher
About the Employee

In focus: literary studies, postcolonial criticism, small literatures

My field of research is literary studies. My work focuses on Latvian literature, particularly writing from the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as comparative literary studies. Initially, I focused on dramaturgy, but my field of research has gradually expanded to include prose studies and the methodology of literary history. I am also interested in postcolonial criticism and the study of small literatures, which is particularly relevant in the context of the Baltic region.

About the Research Field

Areas of Expertise

History of Latvian Literature
75%
Latvian Drama
75%
Comparative Literature
75%
Postcolonial Criticism
60%
Research of Literary History Methodology
40%
Research of Small Literature
30%
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Projects

39

Publications

13

Books