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The Mythical Odysseus in Contemporay Croatian Poetry: A Representation of the Mythical-Symbolic Mode

In the work “The mythical Odysseus in contemporary Croatian poetry: A representation of the mythical-symbolic mode” we investigate the postmodern syndrome of Croatian poetry. Namely, Croatian Mediterranean poets thematize history and ancient mythology (Greek, Roman and Slavic) through the mythical-symbolic mode. We recognize the relationship towards history—be it as the “New Historicism” (Hutcheon) or as the “the musealization of culture” (Lübbe)—as one of the important particularities of these poets. An escape into history and mythology is in fact an escape from reality. On one hand, these poets are running away from globalist trends (they are retreating from the virtual world and into mythical consciousness and the myth) ; but on the other hand, they are running away from social crises and into the dreamy, mythical space of Arcadia. For poets, there are no firm boundaries between reality and history—they therefore treat the motif of the mythical Odysseus as their own personal, intimate complex. We will interpret two collections of poems by contemporary Croatian poet Tomislav Marijan Bilosnić—Poems of Odysseus and Odyssey—as a representation of the mythical-symbolic mode with the central character of Odysseus.

Contemporary Croatian poetry, Mediterrranean poetry, mythical-symbolic mode, Odysseus myth, Bilosnicć, T. M

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