Naslov
Subverzivna moć provincije kao brisanog prostora duha: primjeri iz hrvatske i irske književnosti
(Subversive power of province as 'a fire-swept zone of mind': Examples from Croatian and Irish Literatures)

Autori
Grubica, Irena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Izvornik
Proširen i prerađen rad objavljen je u zborniku skupa, a vodi se pod bibliografskom jedinicom 608800. Esej danas : zbornik Pulskih dana eseja : 2003.-2007/ Essay today: proceedings from Pula essay days : 2003-2007 / Biletić, Boris - Pula : Istarski ogranak Društva hrvatskih književnika Pula, 2008, 347-354

ISBN
9789536858415

Skup
5. Međunarodni pulski dani eseja

Mjesto i datum
Pula, Hrvatska, 19.10.2007. - 20.10.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
provincija; periferija/centar; spacijalnost; prostor/mjesto; hrvatska književnost; irska književnost
(province; periphery/centre; spatiality; space/place; Croatian literature; Irish literature)

Sažetak
My paper discusses the notion of province by taking into consideration recent tendencies to redefine the meaning of 'space' in humanistic disciplines. The term 'province' implies 'space' in its own right since it has been originally defined as geographical space with clearly set boundaries, as well as administratively subordinated space. Given the fact that the dialectics between the centre and the periphery has been changing in the course of time, seen from the perspective of more generally defined 'spatiality' this dichotomy acquires a new, protean meaning. Since political and strategic power of the centre has been generally decreasing and therefore the boundaries of the centre and the periphery have become mobile, even shifting, the intersections between these two 'spaces' are more common, which overtly destabilizes the fixed values that the centre used to embody. Considering the context of globalisation and the undergoing changes of the landscape of urban culture it seems that throughout the history these relationships have becoming more complex and as such reflect also in literature. These reflections are particularly interested in the literatures of the so-called 'small' nations, which are peripheral in relation to the European centre. Simulating in different discursive situations an uneasy feeling of displacement, the rhetoric of province in literature is marked by implied or overt cynicism toward the centre, the metropolis. In Croatian literature 'the province' initially meant mainly the 'topos' constituted by the binary oppositions 'the village' and 'the city', 'rural' and 'urban' but nowadays implies much more complex dynamics underlying the relationships between 'the metropolis' and 'the periphery', both within and beyond the national borders. Therefore, I apply the term 'province' as a synthetic term in order to read mental geographies. Since in this context the conventional attributes of the province 'backwardness', 'narrow-mindedness' have ambivalent meaning I am interested in exploring the subversive power of the province as the metaphor for a 'fire step zone of mind'. After outlining briefly the general diachronic similarities between some aspects of Irish and Croatian culture and literature, in order to illustrate the above-mentioned problems, my essay draws on the examples from Croatian and Irish literatures, in particular the works by Brian Friel and Edna O'Brian.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

Napomena
Prošireno i prerađeno izlaganje koje je objavljeno uvršteno je u IASIL bibliografiju, Irish University Review 2009.

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