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Authors: IOANA GABRIELA NAN.
Article history: Received 29 January 2023; Revised 28 April 2023; Accepted 30 May 2023; Available online 23 June 2023; Available print 30 June 2023
pp. 135-153
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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.
Keywords: women’s literature, female friendship, girlhood, coming-of-age narrative, solidarity.
