Циганите в прозата и есеистиката на Дубравка Угрешич
Gypsies in Dubravka Ugrešić’s Prose and Essays

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the minority metaphors in Dubravka Ugrešić’s prose and essay, with a particular focus on the appearance and enrichment of the image of Gypsy ethnic group during the émigré period of her work. From American Fictionary (1993) to her most recent essay collections, the Gypsy image is directly connected to her self-representations as a writer in exile, whose true homeland has no geographic or ethnic boundaries, but solely aesthetic dimensions. On the other hand, despite her declarations, Ugrešić’s work is characterized by the poetics of “double bottom”, i.e., the use of literature as a political act. In this sense, the Gypsy image in her prose and essays serves as an unequivocal critique of the chauvinistic extremes during the breakup wars of the former Yugoslavia.

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