“I travel myself” – nomadic motives originating from the Balkans
“I travel myself” – nomadic motives originating from the Balkans
Author(s): Darina FelonovaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, French Literature, Greek Literature, Romanian Literature, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Comparative Balkan literature; migration; identity; otherness; nomadism; Vassilis Alexakis; Dumitru Tsepeneag; Julia Kristeva
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the special role of the journey - spiritual and physical, in three novels by immigrant authors from the Balkans: Paris-Athens by Vassilis Alexakis, Hotel Europe by Dumitru Tsepeneag and Murder in Byzantium by Julia Kristeva. Represented is the idea that, by leaving his motherland, the immigrant could never attach himself the same way to any place and be fully accepted in the new community. Thus, his constant movement appears as a peculiar reaction to this specific ‘uprooting’ and becomes a way of life and thinking – i.e. a modern ‘nomadism’.
Journal: Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 38-45
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
