Scream at the margin: About poetry Fikreta Karic and Senaida Sarajlic Cover Image

Krik sa margine: O poeziji Fkrete Karić i Senaide Sarajlić
Scream at the margin: About poetry Fikreta Karic and Senaida Sarajlic

Author(s): Fatima Bećarević
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bosnian Literature
Published by: Izdavačka kuća »Monos« d.o.o
Keywords: Fikreta Karic; Senaida Sarajlic; poetry; cerebral palsy;

Summary/Abstract: This work presents two poets from Gracanica. Except poetry and municipalities where they live connects them and the same disease–cerebral palsy. It is about Fikreta Karic who was published five books and Senaida Sarajlic who this year published her first collection of poetry, songs that were written many years ago. Position at which write this two authors represent the position of the second-marginalized in relation to the dominant trends in society. Their position is determined by theirs disabilities, the inability of formal education, limited mobility, gender discourse and all the features that are characteristic for women in a patriarchal society such as Bosnia and Herzegovina. Poetry Fikreta Karic has the Islamic religious discours through which displayed all her wishes, problems, difficulties and joys, while Senaida Sarajlic writes from a position of young girls in front of which are the first love experience, desire to socialize and discover new worlds that are due to her disability deprived. This work is an opportunity to draw attention to the position of persons with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina society and see the pearls that are located in the hidden corners of our society, where live those who do not have the opportunity to fight for a place they deserve. 

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 42
  • Page Range: 173-177
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Bosnian