The Concept of Home and Family in the Novels of Ken Kesey “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” And “Sometimes a Great Notion”
The Concept of Home and Family in the Novels of Ken Kesey “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” And “Sometimes a Great Notion”

Summary/Abstract: In Mihailo Roşko's article "The theme of family and house in the postmodernist American writer Ken Kesey's novels," One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest "and" Sometimes a Great Notion "are analyzed from the point of view of the independence of two epic traditions: those events which take place outside the threshold of the house, that is, in the great world and those in which attention is focused on life, especially at home. The novel "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" therefore belongs to the first tradition, and the novel "Sometimes a Great Notion" belongs to two family traditions. At the same time, the main heroes of the novels are very similar: strong, unruly personalities, who defend their dependence and freedom from the pressure of the system, and tend to withstand the blows of fate and to cope with life’s trials.

• Details
• Contents