ADOLESCENTA SI EUROPA CENTRALA LA INCEPUTUL SECOLULUI AL XX-LEA. INVESTIGAREA NUMITORILOR COMUNI
ADOLESCENCE AND CENTRAL EUROPE AT THE BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY. FINDING THE COMMON DENOMINATOR

Summary/Abstract: Starting from a literary fact, the recurrence of the adolescent theme in Central European literature in the first half of the twentieth century, the article aims to identity the social realities responsable for the emergence of this theme. Moreover, the paper suggests a parallel between the chracteristics of adolescence and those of Central Europe, in order to emphasise the importance of immaturity theme for the Central European literature. Liminality, fragile identity, moments of crisis, the need of order are just some of the points which can be found not only in Central European portrait, but also in the description of the the adolescence. Consequently, adolescence becomes easily a Central European theme, being able to show the vulnerabilities of the central area of Europe.

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