„АЛТЕРНАТИВНА“ ЛИТЕРАТУРА – СТИЛОВИ И ТЕМАТИЧНИ ОСОБЕНОСТИ В ЮЖНОСЛАВЯНСКИ КУИЪР ТВОРБИ
‘ALTERNATIVE’ LITERATURE: STYLISTIC AND THEMATIC SPECIFICITIES OF SOUTH SLAVIC QUEER WORKS

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on works important to Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian gender literature written after the breakup of Yugoslavia – the novel My Name is Damjan by Suzana Tratnik and Decent Life, acollection of short lesbian stories from former Yugoslavia. The goal of the text is to present the position of the ‘alternative’ in a society that has difficulty accepting ‘others’, and how the life story of characters manages to build an idea of the difficulties, acceptance and rejection of people who decided to openly declare their sexual orientation that differs from the mainstream one. The attitude of relatives or strangers towards members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Slavic cultural space is examined. The aim is to bring out similarities in the plot and thematic patterns that are present in the analysed works of the most recent literature from the region, as well as between the stylistic specifics that turn out to be key in the analysis of queer literature.

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