Elements of “the rite de passage” in “The Other” by Yuri Mamleev. Prolegomena Cover Image

Elementy rytuału przejścia w „Innym” Jurija Mamlejewa. Prolegomena
Elements of “the rite de passage” in “The Other” by Yuri Mamleev. Prolegomena

Author(s): Anna Przybysz
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to analyze the category of meeting between two main characters in The Other using a symbolic key. I try to explain the important role of such semiotic categories as threshold and mask in the process of becoming more aware about ourselves, which I interpret as part of the process of rite de passage.

  • Issue Year: 41/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 203-212
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish