• Original research article
  • July 14, 2014
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“SUMMER ON THE TONGUE”: IMAGE OF A CHILDHOOD IN THE NOVEL BY R. BRADBURY “DANDELION WINE”

Abstract

The article examines the novel by the American writer-humanist of the XX century R. Bradbury “Dandelion Wine” in the context of implementing the conception of child’s consciousness. The theme of childhood is one of the key ones for Bradbury, playing an important role in the formation of his philosophical and aesthetic attitude. In the novel “Dandelion Wine” an image of child’s perception of a world becomes a central subject, a basic organizing principle of poetics and ideological dominant, which allows considering this work of literature as a highest representation of a childhood theme in the writer’s creative work.

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Author information

Anna Vladimirovna Khlystova

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Anna Igorevna Sorokina

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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  • Published: July 14, 2014.

Keywords

  • организующий принцип поэтики
  • концепция детства
  • идейная доминанта
  • проблема времени
  • суггестивное воздействие
  • гипнотический язык
  • organizing principle of poetics
  • conception of childhood
  • ideological dominant
  • problem of time
  • suggestive influence
  • hypnotic language

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