Dorastanie w obliczu konfliktu etnicznego na podstawie utworu Złatka Enewa Requiem dla nikogo jako egzemplifikacja z pogranicza pamięci zbiorowej
Adolescence facing ethnic conflict based on the Zlatko Enev’s book Requiem for nobody as an exemplification from the border of the collective memory

Author(s): Justyna Dopierała
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: ethnic conflict; collective memory; Bulgarian literaturę; adolescensce
Summary/Abstract: The main issue discussed in this work is to ascertain how political events may influence the growth of the young people during adolescence in relation to the collective memory of the nation where we they grow up. The intention is to expose the subliminal message exerted by the political system on social relationships by presenting them in the form of literary fiction based on the contemporary literature. For this purpose, the perception of ethnic conflict by children, who become indirect witnesses of the events and yet become involved in ethical considerations, was checked. To analyze the problem, the work of the contemporary Bulgarian writer Zlatko Enev, Requiem for Nobody, was used, which attempts to come to terms with the ethnic conflict taking place in Bulgaria in the 1980s. For this purpose, individual case methods were used, i.e. description of the stories of adolescent children, literary analysis of the entire work and the psychological method. The studies reveal the strong influence of the nation’s collective memory on the growth of children during adolescence, as well as the influence of politics on the formation of collective memory. Children become victims of the system and victims and of historical and political messages. The interpretation of the piece suggests that the ethnic conflict between Bulgarians and Turks is still a taboo in political discourse due to the historical dependence between the two nations.

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