Naslov
Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti
(How the Balkans nested on the "Yugoslav Atlantis" (Four views on the reproduction of orientalism in post-Yugoslav literature))

Autori
Levanat-Peričić, Miranda

Izvornik
Sic (Zadar) (1847-7755) 6 (2016), 2;

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Ključne riječi
postjugoslavenska književnost; egzilna naracija; gniježđenje orijentalizma; balkanističke reprezentacije
(post-Yugoslav literature; exile narration; nesting orientalism; balkanistic representation)

Sažetak
Beginning with the concept of "nesting orientalism" introduced by Milica Bakić-Hayden in the sense of patterns of representation used to describe the Other by all ethnic groups in former Yugoslavia, this paper examines four views of "nesting balkanism" in post-Yugoslav literature. First, there is a chronotopic view from the post-Yugoslav exile back to the past, in which the Balkans function as a contextual synonym for the "former homeland, " always used in a context of "war, " "violence, " "primitivism, " "disorder" and "cruelty". The second view refers to several Slovenian authors, starting with Slavoj Žižek, Aleš Debeljak and the young novelist Goran Vojnović, who show specific balkanistic representation connected with sevdah and turbofolk music. The third view is connected with travelling and trains, as a frequent topic of orientalistic representation inherited from the Orient Express novels. Finally, the fourth view draws on examples from Dubravka Ugrešić’s descriptions of her "fellow-countrymen." Almost all analyzed examples show that using the name Balkan in post-Yugoslav literature is connected with the "logic of displaced racism, " a practice regarded by Žižek as a kind of inverted racism which is allowed when comparing "tolerant" Europe to Balkan Otherness.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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