title: THE CONCEPT OF BOYHOOD IN NORTH-AMERICAN MASS FICTION OF LATE 19TH CENTURY
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metadata.value: Silanteva, Veronika G.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-10-24T16:04:39Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-10-24T16:04:39Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/2782-1943.2023.24
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/47828
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article observes stereotypical portrayals of boy characters in three adventure
  novels of the late 19th century. Being addressed to general public, mass
  literature genres for adolescents and/or about them, such as adventure novels
  and romances sought to adhere to popular beliefs and common values. Therefore,
  a boy character in a book about boys’ adventures is likely to align with
  contemporary societal requirements for a boy. The article suggests that the
  concept of boyhood in Anglophone culture was initially coined and developed
  by mass literature. The article aims at revealing morals, conduct, and aspirations
  of an American boy of the late 19th century as portrayed in three texts by
  two popular American writers, namely Richard Jefferies and Thomas Bailey
  Aldrich. The trilogy Bevis: the Story of a Boy (1882) chosen for the present
  study is an extended text featuring twelve-year-old middle-class boys who play
  literature inspired role games which involve impersonating historical leaders
  or mimicking daring explorers. The study employs various methods of textual
  analysis, as well as structural-syntactic analysis, lexical-semantic analysis,
  narratological and descriptive methods. The most common strategies in boy
  character profiling are lexical and syntactical. Modifiers (presently), signposting
  expressions (again, then), simple verbal predicates (run, sit, go), phrase
  verbs (pick up, cut off), conjunctions (and, but), infinitival clauses are aimed
  at creating a highly dynamic narrative representing the restless ever changing
  nature of boys. The boy in the trilogy Bevis: the Story of a Boy is characterized
  by conflicting desires and mixed feelings. The boy is not an innocent savage;
  nor is he a ruthless savage. He is undergoing changes which are expected to
  mold him into a decent man similar to his father.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Synergy of Languages & Cultures 2023: Interdiscipilinary Studies;
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the concept of boyhood
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the ideal boy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: boy protagonists
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mass literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: adventure novel
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ausbildungsroman
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: THE CONCEPT OF BOYHOOD IN NORTH-AMERICAN MASS FICTION OF LATE 19TH CENTURY
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metadata.value: Article
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