MARK TWAIN`S HUCKLEBERRY FINN - A LESSON OF THE RIVER IN THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION AND AN INVENTION OF LANGUAGE IN AN EMERSONIAN SENSE
MARK TWAIN`S HUCKLEBERRY FINN - A LESSON OF THE RIVER IN THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION AND AN INVENTION OF LANGUAGE IN AN EMERSONIAN SENSE
Author(s): Lucian RaduSubject(s): Novel, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Philology, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: experience; consciousness; pragmatism; progressive education; language of the ordinary man;
Summary/Abstract: This paper illustrates that Mark Twain`s Huckleberry Finn survives mostly because Huck`s search for a freedom of “consciousness”, which takes the form of a journey and transforms itself into a life lesson in terms of progressive education as it was conceived by John Dewey, in his educational theory, and because it is an invention of a language for American fiction as it was envisaged by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 94-98
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
