Wars, Traumas, and Identities in the Serbian Novel 1991–2021 (II) Cover Image

Ратови, трауме и идентитети у српском роману 1991–2021. (II)
Wars, Traumas, and Identities in the Serbian Novel 1991–2021 (II)

Author(s): Tihomir Brajović
Subject(s): Serbian Literature
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Приштини
Keywords: Serbian literature; novel; war; trauma; identity; nation; poetics; paradigm; history; culture.

Summary/Abstract: The second part of the paper deals with the testimonial-representative paradigm as a choice based on the personal expression of unique experiences of traumatic events as a frame for contemporary concrete understanding and a kind of cathartic solution to identity contradictions. The outcome shows that both paradigms could also be productive in articulating adequate identity politics and/or principle understandings of identity problems only if they consider each other as balancing possibilities.

  • Issue Year: 54/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 139-154
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian