The Metaphysical Issues in ‘The Encyclopedia of the Dead’ by Danilo Kiš
The Metaphysical Issues in ‘The Encyclopedia of the Dead’ by Danilo Kiš
Author(s): Fatlum MeholliContributor(s): Arjanis Shamolli (Translator)
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Metaphysics, Serbian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Bard Books
Keywords: story; novel; genre; myth; intertextuality; postmodern;
Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the well-known work of Danilo Kiš, The Encyclopedia of the Dead, which has a double genre status: stories and novel. Kiš uses the myth according to the criterion of analogy, drawing parallels between antiquity and actuality, through a discursive pluralism. Thus, the discourses in this novel are different (realistic, fantastic, oneiric, etc.), just as postmodernism’s poetics prefers, one of which representatives is Danilo Kiš himself.
Journal: SYMBOL
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 45-57
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
