Naslov
Calvino-Desai, On Freedom and Alienation. Rules and Boundaries of Life on a Tree

Autori
Radoš-Perković, Katja

Izvornik
Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia (0039-3339) LVII (2012); 91-106

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Italo Calvino; Kiran Desai; freedom; boundaries; fairy tale; life on trees

Sažetak
Both Italo Calvino (The Baron in the Trees) and, much later, Kiran Desai (Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard) created an alternative life-space above ground, on the trees. In case of Calvino's character Cosimo, it is a life-long experience, we follow Cosimo from childhood to maturity in the new environment as he takes an active part in the important historical events of his new surroundings. Desai's Sampath ends up on a guava tree almost by accident, in his adult age, and does not control the repercussions of this choice. The paper discusses the similarities and differences between the two different concepts of freedom advocated by the characters, along with the inevitable rules and boundaries attached to these utopias.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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