MIGRACIJE U KNJIZEVNOSTI I UMJETNOSTI
MIGRATIONS IN LITERATURE AND ART

Summary/Abstract: There are currently more than 60 million refugees in the world. More than 60 million people are fleeing war, violence and oppression. Over 60 million stories. With these words, the collective Power of Art House (Amsterdam) describes the migration crisis we are currently experiencing. Starting from the fact that literature, painting, cinematography, photography, music, art and culture as a whole gather and unite people and their stories, we would like to see the complexity of the phenomenon of art and creativity. We will present some works of great European authors, created in different historical periods and circumstances, which emphasize the importance of the experience of exile and migration in the aesthetics of French art. Since art has always been a strong voice of condemnation of persecution, injustice and crime, through significant examples of contemporary creativity inspired by the theme of migrants in the European framework, we will try to answer the question of whether and to what extent art affects a change in thinking and attitudes, i.e.why is it in the current moment, the attitude towards migrants is often negative, while the experiences of the past, collective memory and art deny us.

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