Naslov
The Novel as a Document, Migration as a Story and Kristian Novak's Gypsy, but the Fairest of Them All
(The Novel as a Document, Migration as a Story and Kristian Novak's Gypsy, But the Fairest of Them All.)

Autori
Hameršak, Marijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Strategies of Documentary Fiction and Contemporary Literature – Dokumentarische Strategien und Gegenwartsliteratur

Mjesto i datum
Crikvenica, Hrvatska, 20.05.2022. - 22.05.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
document, literature, irregularized migration, Kristian Novak, Gipsy, But the Fairest of Them All

Sažetak
In contrast to media representations of migration which are based on the mechanisms of the border spectacle, victimization or demonization of people on the move, literature, as is often stated, tells stories about migration that cannot be heard elsewhere. Moreover, as the argument goes, literature in some instances offers a powerful and original critique of the premises and procedures of the European migration regime (e. g. Baal 2022, Bakara 2020, Whoolly 2014). In that framework, so- called migrant or refugee literatures serve as social and cultural repositories, archives or documents of present-day perilous escapes, clandestine journeys and everyday struggles of “unwanted” migrants from the Global South. Based on Kristian Novak's novel Ciganin, ali najljepši (Gipsy, But the Fairest of Them All), this paper explores documentary strategies employed in the production of such an understanding of literature. Textual and paratextual strategies (such as authorial, political, literary critics and academic interpretations, narrative modes and typographical markers, citation and repetition) related to the perception of this novel as a document will be outlined and confronted with the focus of the contemporary European migration regime on the narrative self-presentation of migrants and the (non)authenticity of their life stories. By juxtapositioning representations of these narratives in fiction, media and scholarly literature, this paper strives to contribute to the discussion about the socially transformative potentials of literature, as well as to the debate about the discursive basis of decisions on the lives and statuses of refugees and other migrants in Europe.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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