“Cradle broke”: the alienation and development of the world by a child in woman’s writing (on the material of the work “Foster” by K. Kigan)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the narrative of alienation and the development of the world by the child in the work “Foster” of the Irish writer Klaire Kigan. The peculiarities of the women’s writing appealing to children’s memories and children’s impressions are analyzed. Interpreted metaphorical image of a broken cradle, which expresses the attitude of the heroine to her broken, destroyed, injured childhood. The problems of education, the relations between parents and children, as well as the issue of self-identification of a child-as-stranger in the adult world are considered.

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Р. Є. Жаркова

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Р. Є. Жаркова (2017). “Cradle broke”: the alienation and development of the world by a child in woman’s writing (on the material of the work “Foster” by K. Kigan). Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія «Філологія», 29(1), 120-123. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-462396