702 KB116 KB198220252017Avsenik Nabergoj, Irenaštevilka:1/2letnik:50str. 95-135ISSN:0567-784XCOBISSID_HOST:65687394URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-9U1B31SMenZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakulteteActa neophilologica"David Copperfield""Fugitive pieces""Oliver Twist"angleška književnostčustvaDickens, Charles, 1812-1870Great expectations"holokavstkanadska književnostLiterarne študijeMichaels, Anne, 1958-osiroteli otrociposvojitevrešiteljispominiThe HolocaustTraumatravmaChildren without childhood| theemotionality of orphaned children and images of their rescuers in selected works of English and Canadian literature|This article deals with literary depictions of social, political, cultural and religious circumstances in which children who have lost one or both parents at birth or at a later age have found themselves. The weakest members of society, the children looked at here are exposed to dangers, exploitation and violence, but are fortunate enough to be rescued by a relative or other sympathetic person acting out of benevolence. Recognizing that the relationship between the orphaned child, who is in mortal danger, and a rescuer, who most frequently appears unexpectedly in a relationship, has been portrayed in narratives throughout the ages and that we can therefore speak of it as being an archetypal one, the article focuses especially on three novels by Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist (1837-1839), David Copperfield (1849-1850) and Great Expectations (1860-1861) - and in Fugitive Pieces (1996) by Canadian writer Anne Michaels. Charles Dickens earned the reputation of a classic writer through his original literary figures of orphaned children in the context of the rough capitalism of the Victorian era of the 19th century. Such originality also distinguishes Anne Michaels, whose novel Fugitive Pieces portrays the utterly traumatic circumstances that a Jewish boy is exposed to after the Germans kill his parents during the Holocaust. All the central children's lives in these extreme situations are saved by generous people, thus highlighting the central idea of both selected authors: that evil cannot overcome good. Rescuers experience their selfless resolve to save extremely powerless and unprotected child victims of violence from life-threatening situations as a self-evident moral imperative. Through their profound and deeply experienced descriptions of memories of traumas successfully overcome by central literary figures in a spirit of compassion and solidarity, Charles Dickens and Anne Michaels have left testaments of hope against hope for future generationsPrispevek obravnava literarne opise družbenih, političnih, kulturnih in verskih okoliščin, v katerih so se znašli otroci, ki so že ob rojstvu ali pozneje v otroštvu izgubili enega ali oba starša. Kot najšibkejši členi družbe so bili izpostavljeni grožnjam, izkoriščanju in nasilju, a so imeli srečo, da jih je rešil kak sorodnik ali kakšna druga sočutna in dobrohotna oseba. Ob ugotovitvi, da opise odnosa med otrokom - siroto, ki je v smrtni nevarnosti -, in rešiteljem, ki se večinoma pojavi nepričakovano, zasledimo v pripovedih vseh časov in da zato lahko govorimo o arhetipu razmerja med otrokom-siroto in rešiteljem, se članek osredotoča predvsem na tri romane angleškega pisatelja Charlesa Dickensa Oliver Twist (1837-1839), David Copperfield (1849-1850) in Great Expectations (1860-1861) ter roman sodobne kanadske pisateljice Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces (1996). Charles Dickens je dosegel sloves pisatelja klasika z izvirnimi literarnimi prikazi otroka - sirote - v okoliščinah grobega kapitalizma viktorijanske dobe 19. stoletja. Izvirnost odlikuje tudi Anne Michaels, ki v romanu Fugitive Pieces slika skrajno travmatične okoliščine, kakršnim je izpostavljen judovski deček, potem ko Nemci sredi morije holokavsta ubijejo njegove starše. Vse osrednje otroške like iz skrajnih položajev rešijo plemeniti ljudje, s tem pa je poudarjena osrednja ideja obeh izbranih avtorjev: da zlo ne more premagati dobrega. Rešitelji svojo nesebično odločenost, da rešijo nemočne in nezaščitene otroške žrtve nasilja iz življenjsko nevarnih okoliščin, doživljajo kot samoumevni moralni imperativ. Charles Dickens in Anne Michaels sta s svojimi poglobljenimi in močno občutenimi opisi spominov na travme, ki so jih njuni osrednji literarni liki uspešno premagovali ob pomoči sočutja in solidarnosti, prihodnjim generacijam zapustila testament upanja proti upanjuTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta