Александар Македонски како интеркултурен код во современиот македонски роман
ALEXANDER OF MACEDON AS AN INTERCULTURAL CODE IN THE MODERN MACEDONIAN NOVEL

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a literary-theoretical and, above all, a cultural interpretation of six Macedonian novels from the first decade of the 21st century in which the most famous ruler of the Kingdom of Macedonia - Alexander III of Macedon appears as a literary character. They are the following novels: "Alexander of Macedon" by Vladan Velkov, "The Macedonian Pharaoh" by Trajan Petrovski, "The Dream of the Yellow Butterfly" by Apolon Gilevski, "The Secret of the Copper Book" by Alexander Donski, "Catch the Wind" by Petre Bakevski and "Returning to the Past" by Renata Mateska. Here the character of Alexander is analyzed in terms of his position as an interactive code of different cultural identities. The analysis of the six novels leads to the conclusion that the authors often emphasize the connection between the ancient Macedonians and the Macedonians today, i.e. between ancient Macedonian and modern Macedonian culture. Especially interesting is the insight that Alexander of Macedon (as literary fiction) is often related to cultures which are very remote both by space and time from ancient Macedonian culture such as American, Indian, Colombian, French and other distant cultures. The general conclusion is that in the Macedonian cultural milieu, the historical figure of Alexander III of Macedon is seen not only as a link between different cultures, but also as an inseparable part of cultural identity intersections between ancient Macedonian and modern Macedonian culture.

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