NEW READING OF THE WONDER TALE “THE THREE SISTERS, THE YOUNGEST BECAME AN EMPRESS, AND GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD WITH A STAR ON HIS FOREHEAD” BY MARKO CEPENKOV Cover Image

НОВО ЧИТАЊЕ НА СКАЗНАТА „ТРИТЕ СЕСТРИ, НАЈМАЛАТА СЕ СТОРИ ЦАРИЦА И РОДИ ДЕТЕ ЅВЕЗДАЛИЈА“ ОД МАРКО ЦЕПЕНКОВ
NEW READING OF THE WONDER TALE “THE THREE SISTERS, THE YOUNGEST BECAME AN EMPRESS, AND GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD WITH A STAR ON HIS FOREHEAD” BY MARKO CEPENKOV

Author(s): Ema Lakinska
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Theory of Literature
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: wonder tale; symbol; archetype; initiation; actant

Summary/Abstract: This paper represents a new reading of the wonder tale “The three sisters, the youngest became an empress, and gave birth to a child with a star on his forehead” by Marko Cepenkov through a dual analysis. By means of the motifs, symbols and Jungian archetypes, it offers an analysis of the process of initiation of the protagonist in the wonder tale. Furthermore, in a new reading it offers an analysis of the object, but treated from the position of a subject. Finally, through this new prism it indicates the meanings of the motifs, symbols and archetypes present in this wonder tale, as it marks their influence over the general lesson of the story read from a new perspective, and it analyzes the aspect of the placement of male and female initiation in these new conditions.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 76
  • Page Range: 209-221
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Macedonian