@article{ref1,
title="Children of Violence (1) : Martha Quest-Martha's Rebellion",
journal="Journal of Poole Gakuin University",
year="1999",
author="Ota, Yoko",
volume="39",
number="",
pages="31-43",
abstract="This study deals with Doris Lessing's Martha Quest (1952), the founding novel of the Children of Violence series. Lessing stated that the theme of the series was &quot;a study of the individual conscience in its relations with the collective.&quot; When she completed the series in 1969, 17 years later since the first volume was published, she again suggested that &quot;this book [be] what the Germans call a Bildungsroman.&quot; The protagonist of this Bildungsroman, Martha Quest, has extremely romantic traits. In this study I attempt to trace Martha's romantic rebellion against her mother and against the colonial society of South Africa and furthermore, to seek whether it leads her to the selfrealization or not.<p />",
language="",
issn="1342-6028",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}