Naslov
The Renaissance and the Refugee

Autori
Lupić, Ivan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, ostalo, znanstveni

Skup
Refugees in Europe: A Long History of Representation, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

Mjesto i datum
Freiburg, Njemačka, 12.05.2016. - 13.05.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Renaissance drama ; Hecuba ; refugee studies

Sažetak
I see the figure of the refugee as at once too close and too distant. Too close, because I used to be one, in the 1990s Bosnia ; too distant, because refugee experience essentially eludes representation and refuses to be generalized. When refugees are represented in language, that language is regularly permeated by other, well-established discourses, particularly those of exile and victimhood. Although victims, refugees are far from being passive. Their movement forward, their determination, their vision all bespeak a faith in life and a devotion to action. The refugee is always a figure for the future. While drawing on examples from the Renaissance past, my talk considers the refugee as an enterprising, assertive, world-changing agent of the future.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Povijest, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti, Književnost

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