Постпаметта за прехода в „Направени от вина“ на Йоанна Елми
Post-memory of the Transition in Yoanna Elmi’s “Made of Guilt”

Author(s): Magdalena Pytlak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: trauma; transition; memory; post-memory; Bulgarian literature; Yoanna Elmi
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines Yoanna Elmi’s novel Made of Guilt (2021) as an example of post-memory of the early stage of the Transition. The analysis uses the concept of post-memory created by Marianne Hirsch, while also applying the ideas of the Polish sociologist Piotr Szompka on the “trauma of great change.” The focus of the paper falls on the narrative structure of the novel and demonstrates that despite its different time frames, narrative shifts and fragmentation, Made of Guilt remains a story that can be treated as an account of the experience of personal (and to a large extent generational) self-identification.

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