Poetika traume ili prepričavanje nemogućeg. Književne strategije posttraumatskih narativa u romanima i kratkim pričama Bekima Sejranovića
The Poetics of Trauma or Retelling the Impossible. Literary Strategies of Posttraumatic Narratives in Bekim Sejranović’s Novels and Short Stories
Author(s): Agata Jawoszek-GoździkSubject(s): Novel, Short Story, Bosnian Literature, Psychoanalysis, Theory of Literature, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: Bekim Sejranović; exile; autobiographical prose; identity; trauma; cultural trauma; migrations; psychoanalysis;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper I analyze Bekim Serjanović’s novels From Nowhere to Nowhere (Nigdje, niotkuda), The Prettier End (Ljepši kraj) and A Nomad’s Diary (Dnevnik jednog nomada). I also mention two short stories: Miss Misery on Susak (Miss Misery na otoku Susku) and Sleepless for One Hundred and Thirty Hours (Sto trideset sati bez sna) as examples of the author’s strategy of retelling the trauma of non-belonging and the traumatic experience of immigration. Since the prose created by Sejranović is a combination of fictional and factual, but with a strong autobiographical dimension, in the analysis I start from Freud`s psychoanalytic theory of trauma interpreted by Cathy Caruth and the concept of cultural trauma caused by great social changes. Then I proceed to argue which literary and narrative strategies Sejranović used to express his traumatic experiences.
Journal: Pismo - Časopis za jezik i književnost
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 202-219
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Bosnian