GIRLHOOD AND GIRL FRIENDSHIP IN THE NARRATIVES OF BJØRG VIK AND KARIN SVEEN

Ioana Gabriela NAN

doi:10.24193/subbphilo.2023.2.08

Authors

Ioana Gabriela NAN Department of Modern Languages and Business Communication at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Email: ioana.nan@econ.ubbcluj.ro.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2023.2.08

Keywords:

women’s literature, female friendship, girlhood, coming-of-age narrative, solidarity.

Abstract

Girlhood and Girl Friendship in the Narratives of Bjørg Vik and Karin Sveen. The article is an account of girls growing up, based on two of Bjørg Vik’s short stories and a novel by Karin Sveen. After introducing the notion of female friendship and girlhood, it places the two authors against the background of Norwegian female authors writing about women and adolescent girls. It goes on to point out the importance of the environment for the girl friendships in the chosen works, and the power hierarchies based on looks that determine the girls’ allegiances. Finally, it comments on the girls’ shifting beliefs in freedom and solidarity as they grow older.

Adolescența și prietenia între adolescente în narațiunile scriitoarelor Bjørg Vik și Karin Sveen. Articolul analizează poveștile inițiatice ale eroinelor adolescente, având ca punct de pornire două nuvele de Bjørg Vik și unul dintre romanele scrise de Karin Sveen. După ce introduce ideile de prietenie feminină și adolescență feminină, articolul prezintă locul celor două autoare în peisajul literar norvegian, alături de alte autoare care scriu despre femei si adolescente. Mai departe, acesta evidențiază rolul mediului familial și social în cazul prieteniilor adolescentine din lucrările alese, precum și relațiile de putere, bazate pe aspectul exterior, ce determină loialitatea adolescentelor. La final, articolul oferă un comentariu referitor la felul în care încrederea protagonistelor în libertate și solidaritate suferă schimbări pe măsură ce acestea se maturizează.

Cuvinte-cheie: literatura feminină, prietenia feminină, adolescența feminină, narațiune inițiatică, solidaritate.

Article history: Received 29 January 2023; Revised 28 April 2023; Accepted 30 May 2023;
Available online 23 June 2023; Available print 30 June 2023.

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