ANALYSING “ THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER” BY K. McCULLERS

Abstract

Annotation: in the novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, traditional southern
themes are combined with elements of social grotesque. Carson McCullers, considering
the categories of "collective" and "individual", explores the internal contradictions of
the world of a teenager. In this regard, a detailed literary analysis of the images of
adolescents in the work of K. McCullers seems relevant in order to be able to talk about
the novel of education as a characteristic phenomenon in the literature of the American
South. This article describes basic features of this work.