Steponavičiūtė Ieva PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Centre of Scandinavian Studies, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University. Universiteto g. 5, LT–01122, Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: ieva.steponaviciute@flf.vu.lt Articles THE FLOATING SYMBOL: KAREN BLIXEN’S “TEMPESTS” AS METAFICTION