THE PATH OF THE HERO BETWEEN TRIAL AND ADVENTURE

Arburim Iseni; Lirak Karjagdiu; Rilind Mahmudi

Authors

Arburim Iseni Faculty of Philology, State University of Tetovo, Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia
Lirak Karjagdiu Faculty of Philology, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Prishtina, Kosovo
Rilind Mahmudi Faculty of Social Sciences, Mother Teresa University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

Keywords:

comparison, literature, adventure, journey, characterization

Abstract

The field of study known as comparative literature investigates the ways in which different societies’ literary traditions and cultural practices are analyzed and compared. The importance of this study rests in the fact that it attempts to describe how two authors who come from different social and cultural backgrounds view and assess a hero’s journey. The cultural and mythological examination of the evolution of the principal characters in Dickens’ Great Expectations and Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will be the primary focus of the paper and will serve as its foundation.

Author Biographies

Arburim Iseni, Faculty of Philology, State University of Tetovo, Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia

Department of English Language and Literature

Lirak Karjagdiu, Faculty of Philology, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Prishtina, Kosovo

Department of English Language and Literature

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