VOL. 57, BOOK 1, PART B, 2019, pp. 113 – 125 Full text (En)
Author: Efstratios Kyriakakis
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
The problem of selfhood in the context of family, especially as regards self-identification according to one’s unique position in a family, seems to be present in almost everything that Dickens wrote – either as a central theme or as a peripheral motif. Bleak House is no exception, with its plethora of characters whose identities are affected by the presence, or absence, of family. In this paper I aim at examining the connection between identity and family on the example of Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak House, thus hoping, in addition, to unveil the author’s specific perception of childhood.
Key words: Dickens, identity, family, memory, childhood, hermeneutics
