The article is an attempt to assess the modes of child and childhood presentation in Strindberg’s dramas and prose, and to see how this goes in line with the constant shifts of his views on art and philosophy that took place during his entire career. Having started with Bildungsroman pattern in ‘The Son of a Servant’ (1887) he gradually turns to using such types as “angel child” and “victimizer child” in his later works thus illustrating an idea that all the qualities of an individual are congenital, and that a child is a miniature adult (’Alone’ 1903, ‘Black Banners’ 1904, ‘The Gothic Rooms’ 1904 et.c.). In the 1900-s Strindberg’s Welanschauung becomes more pessimistic, as well as his attitude towards the advancing modernity is full of anguish and suspicion. Thus his treatment of child imagery is another clear proof of the above.
Lisovskaya Polina. ON EVOLUTION OF CHILDHOOD IMAGERI IN STRINDBERG’S WRITINGS