Naslov
The Underworld and its Forces: Croatia, the Uskoks and their Fight for Autonomy in Against the Day

Autori
Gruić-Grmuša, Lovorka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Against the Grain: Reading Pynchon's Counternarratives

Urednik/ci
Sascha Pöhlmann

Izdavač
Rodopi

Grad
Amsterdam : New York (NY)

Godina
2010

Raspon stranica
263-289

ISBN
9789042030725

Ključne riječi
Pynchon, Uskoks, underworld, Croatia

Sažetak
This essay tries to capture and explain the complex relationship of underworld forces (both human and supernatural) represented in Against the Day with the Croatian struggle for freedom in the context of Pynchon’s novel, leaning on a historical and mythological framework. It addresses this question: how do underground forces that are present in all of Pynchon’s novels function in this particular context of narration and how do they support a mythological structure tied to the stereotypical beliefs that justify violence and unceasing struggles? The analysis includes the investigation of Pynchon’s narrative framework that mostly hinges on mythology and Western thought about more remote Eastern places, tolerating elisions and imposed disfigurations, yet with a dose of criticism. But both the structure and his arguments are more convincing because he interjects the re-writing of ideological views and the demeaning stereotypes about the Balkans, as well as stressing Western, external domination and control, while trying to illustrate the Easterners’ perception of imperialist powers and their notion of self- determination.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Povijest

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