THE INTEGRATION OF LANGUAGES IN THE ANALYSIS OF FICTION (on the example of Canadian literature)
Alexander Kostov PhD at “St. Kliment Ohridski” Sofia University, Bulgaria
Аннотация
The article examines the notions of seeing and belonging as being central to the short
story tradition of Nova Scotia, exemplified here by two of the region’s most prominent writers: Alistair
MacLeod and D. R. MacDonald. The stories analyzed (namely, in “Vision” and “Eye- stone”) further
support the idea of the role of tradition and history as being central to the short fiction of Nova Scotia;
also shown are how the problems and difficulties that arise between the opposition mainland/island
very often lead to problems with understanding or even an inability to find one’s place in the world.
Analyzing the two texts in detail, the author argues that the two authors pay special attention to
tradition as a central tool in their repertoire and that the problems outlined very often oscillate between
the notions of seeing/unseeing as prerequisites for belonging/unbelonging.
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