Visions of childhood in The Analogs’s songs

Abstract

In the article we reconstruct the understanding of a child and childhood in the works of The Analogs. Using neoclassical reading and treating the text as the Other, we first show the scenery of childhood. We ask about relationships with adults, and finally, we wonder whether there is a happy childhood in this narrative. Childhood in The Analogs’ songs is presented in grey and is associated with violence and things belonging to the world of adults. There is no sharp boundary between a child and an adult. Childhood is a vestibule of hell to which those born at the wrong time are condemned. Finally, we point out that the vision of childhood in the works of The Analogs does not fit into the dominant discourses about children and poses tasks that can be solved by critical pedagogy.