МОТИВ ЕГЗИЛА У РОМАНУ "МУЗЕЈ БЕЗУВЈЕТНЕ ПРЕДАЈЕ" ДУБРАВКЕ УГРЕШИЋ
MOTIF OF EXILE IN THE NOVEL "MUSEUM OF UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" BY DUBRAVKA UGREŠIĆ

Summary/Abstract: The paper explores the motif of exile in the novel The Museum of Un- conditional Surrender by Dubravka Ugrešić. The emphasis is on the great influence of exile on the construction of identity in the period of post-war trauma. The theme of displacement from the space of identity permeates the entire work, which puts the question of identity at its centre. On the basis of theoretical assumptions of imagology and postmodern theories of identity, there is a violation of the concept of collective identity resulting from the disintegration of Yugoslavia, but also of individual identity that has been disrupted. Exile in this novel means the abolition of the space of identity, because the subject is in an unframed time and space. The individual experience of an exile is always linked to a collective identity because it is a matter of common loss. An analysis of the motifs of exile led to the conclusion that the stories in this novel by Dubravka Ugrešić are stories about individuals between whom there is no sense of community.

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