In my thesis, I will compare two contemporary novels, namely the Slovenian novel Brez imena (No name, 2018) by Jani Virk and the Dutch novel Eilanddagen (Island Days, 2016) by Gideon Samson. I will compare the novels from the perspective of narratives about dealing with the trauma that the protagonists of both novels experienced when their parents divorced.
I will theoretically examine dealing with the trauma of parental divorce as a problem theme in the genre of juvenile problem novels. I will also summarise the theoretical characteristics of this novel genre proposed by Gaja Kos (2015) and analyse both novels comparatively under the aspects of the genre of juvenile problem novel.
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