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Historical Tradition in Serbian Genre Literature
Historical Tradition in Serbian Genre Literature

Author(s): Ivan Đorđević
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: genre literature; sciencefiction; tradition; national identity; fear

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses two Serbian science-fiction stories with a special emphasis on the motives in their narrative structure; the motive analysis is focused on those motives that represent a transposition of “historical tradition” elements. The key words connecting images appearing in this context are: fear of losing (national) identity and a strategy of resistance towards those, who presumably, want to “take over” the identity. In this sense, a return to “the historical tradition”, in the analyzed texts, aims to reassess certain past models indicating at the same time those that have successfully served and endured as historical models in this discourse.

  • Issue Year: LVI/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 99-115
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English