ABSTRACT In this paper, I analyse the Du Boisian concept of ‘double consciousness’ and offer an overview of its different implications. I then approach Lauri Lemberg’s St. Croix Avenue and Paula Ivaska Robbins’ Below Rollstone Hill from the perspective of this concept. A comparative study of these novels enables me to detect and contextualise cases of double consciousness within both texts as related to Finnish immigrants in the United States. I also argue how this ‘double consciousness’ affects the lives and ethnic identities of Finnish immigrant characters. In line with a contextual analysis, a textual analysis in the form of close reading will also be undertaken in order to offer a better understanding of the functions of ‘double consciousness’ for Finnish characters in both literary works.

中文翻译：

---

Lauri Lemberg 的 St. Croix Avenue 和 Paula Ivaska Robbins 的 Rollstone Hill 下面的双重意识研究

摘要 在本文中，我分析了杜波依斯的“双重意识”概念，并概述了它的不同含义。然后我从这个概念的角度来接近 Lauri Lemberg 的 St. Croix Avenue 和 Paula Ivaska Robbins 的 Under Rollstone Hill。对这些小说的比较研究使我能够在与美国的芬兰移民有关的两个文本中发现双重意识的案例并将其背景化。我还讨论了这种“双重意识”如何影响芬兰移民角色的生活和种族身份。在进行语境分析的同时，还将以细读的形式进行文本分析，以便更好地理解两部文学作品中芬兰人物的“双重意识”功能。