FAMILY CHRONICLE IN THE ERA OF TRANSFORMATION: GENERATIONAL CONFLICT AND CRISIS OF IDEALS IN THE NOVEL «THE CHAINBEARER»
The article analyzes James Fenimore Cooper's novel «The Chainbearer» as the second part of the trilogy about the Littlepage family, in which the genre of family chronicle undergoes a significant transformation. Unlike «Satanstoy», where the chronicle acts as an affirmation of family values, in «The Chainbearer» the chronicle becomes a form of reflection of the crisis of morality, identity and continuity in the context of historical and social shifts. Through the figure of Mordaunt Littlepage, Cooper demonstrates the internal conflict of a generation that has lost confidence in the moral foundations of society. The emphasis is on the symbolism of land, home, genealogy and memory as the foundations of national and personal identity
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