On the Missing Father and the Crisis of the Native in Albert Lihanov’s Novel Sletki Cover Image

За липсващия баща и кризата на родното в „Слётки” на Алберт Лиханов
On the Missing Father and the Crisis of the Native in Albert Lihanov’s Novel Sletki

Author(s): Mladen Enchev
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: children’s literature; father; male; initiation; native; identity

Summary/Abstract: The paper comments on Lihanov’s book in the context of the missing father problem in the process of a child’s socialization. It pays special attention to the negative influence of that absence and to its surrogate compensations in forming the principles of duty, honour, protection of the weak. The text analyses the connection between the father’s absence and the crisis of the idea of the native, following its symbol reflex in a personal, family and national plan.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 350-357
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian
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