Subverzija i književnost (Subverzivna uloga književnosti na primjeru časopisa i biblioteke Feral Tribune)
Subversion and Literature (The subversive role of literature on the example of the Feral Tribune magazine and library)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present the subversive role of literature on the example of the Feral Tribune magazine and library. The analysis begins by listing the types of repressive measures the magazine was dealing with in the time of SFRJ and independent state of Croatia which ultimately led to the cancellation of the magazine in 2008. Following the literary procedures in the published texts, the interpretation deals with forms and contexts of literature which are deemed as subversive in the Feral. As examples of the most important art forms in the Feral, the author singles out the columns Bilježnica Robija K. and Greatest shits, shorthand forms of burlesque comedy, provocative aphorisms and travestied forms of poems published in the magazine. Additionally, the paper is also looking into the method in which the publishing venture of the Feral Tribune library subversively influences the social and cultural atmosphere of Croatia and its vicinity. The criteria of the book selection for the library itself and the manner in which the literary discourse of the chosen works was undermining nationalist and clero‑fascist metanarratives are further explained in the final part of the paper.

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