LITTLE WOMEN: THE ALCOTTIAN BILDUNGSROMAN

Nataša  V. Ninčetović

doi:10.21618/fil2633404n

Autori

Nataša V. Ninčetović University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica Faculty of Philosophy Department of English Language and Literature

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2633404n

Ključne reči:

Мале жене, Луиза Меј Олкот, образовни роман, породица, брак

Apstrakt

Овај рад тврди да Мале жене (1868–1869), најпопуларнији и најдуговечнији роман Луизе Меј Олкот, истовремено потврђује и доводи у питање конвенције образовног романа. Иако се роман уклапа у дефиницију образовног романа темама иницијације и сукоба појединца са друштвом, његова концептуализација билдунга је необична. Прво, визија породичног дома као идеалног места за развој појединца у Малим женама у супротности je са типичним заплетом образовног романа, у којем је породица ограничавајућа по лични развој. Друго, помирење појединца и друштва трансформисано je у успостављање равнотеже између жеља протагонисткиња и породичних очекивања. Треће, нудимо доказ да Мале жене наглашавају сличности у сазревању хероина и њиховог мушког пријатеља, развијајући се тако у образовни роман који превазилази род.

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