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The Problem of (Non)Creation
The Problem of (Non)Creation

Author(s): Kristina Atanasova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Vermilion ZIM
Keywords: creation; literature; children; Nikolova; Exupéry

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to make a comparison between two books for children -“The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and "The Sad Happy Vladimir” by Olivera Nikolova. The main focus is on the problem of (Non) Creation and the children characters in these novels. The article develops by exploring the child’s need to create different worlds in order to escape the one of the adults and the conflict between these two viewpoints. This article also explores the two different upbringings in which the characters are trying to create their own emotional literacy. In the conclusion of the article there is an overview of the children characters adventures into the unknown. The wanted results of this free interpretation is to raise questions about the emotional state of the child reader or listener and how they learn through the journeys of the characters of the narrator, the Little Prince and Vladimir.

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 27- 35
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English