The Concept of Childhood in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany

This article studies the concept of childhood as the content side of the word sign and considers the main directions of this research. It is noted that the concept of childhood is close to the concept of child, but they are not identical, because their lexical and semantic features are in different...

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Main Author:	Lazzat MUKHTAR
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and Culture of Romanian People (ASTRA), Năsăud Department, Salva Circle 2019-07-01
Series:	Astra Salvensis
Subjects:	concept of childhood nomination artistic text English-language literature concept structure John Irving
Online Access:	https://astrasalvensis.eu/blog/mdocs-posts/52-lazzat-mukhtar-the-concept-of-childhood-in-sue-townsends-the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole-and-john-irvings-a-prayer-for-owen-meany/

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spelling	doaj-63fa4624ab92455ca310093063171da22020-11-24T20:53:31ZengTransylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and Culture of Romanian People (ASTRA), Năsăud Department, Salva CircleAstra Salvensis2344-18872393-47272019-07-01V12615622The Concept of Childhood in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen MeanyLazzat MUKHTAR0Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, KazakhstanThis article studies the concept of childhood as the content side of the word sign and considers the main directions of this research. It is noted that the concept of childhood is close to the concept of child, but they are not identical, because their lexical and semantic features are in different planes. The features of the concept of childhood are analyzed by the example of the novels The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by S. Townsend and A Prayer for Owen Meany by J. Irving. Based on the analysis carried out, it is asserted that the concept of childhood is only partly universal; for each writer this concept has its own unique characteristics.https://astrasalvensis.eu/blog/mdocs-posts/52-lazzat-mukhtar-the-concept-of-childhood-in-sue-townsends-the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole-and-john-irvings-a-prayer-for-owen-meany/concept of childhoodnominationartistic textEnglish-language literatureconcept structureJohn Irving
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title	The Concept of Childhood in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany
title_short	The Concept of Childhood in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany
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description	This article studies the concept of childhood as the content side of the word sign and considers the main directions of this research. It is noted that the concept of childhood is close to the concept of child, but they are not identical, because their lexical and semantic features are in different planes. The features of the concept of childhood are analyzed by the example of the novels The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by S. Townsend and A Prayer for Owen Meany by J. Irving. Based on the analysis carried out, it is asserted that the concept of childhood is only partly universal; for each writer this concept has its own unique characteristics.
topic	concept of childhood nomination artistic text English-language literature concept structure John Irving
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The Concept of Childhood in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany

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