Деконструкција Одисеје у роману Повратак кући Бернхарда Шлинка
Deconstruction of Odyssey in the Novel Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the way Bernhard Schlink uses, deconstructs, and modifies the mythological background in the novel Homecoming. The structure of the novel, its characters and their characterisation, and questioning of the imposed reading and re-arranging of the structural elements of Odyssey is what makes it interesting for an analysis. Schlink uses the poly-valent character of Odyssey by drawing a parallel between the antic Odyssey and Carl Heinz/ John de Baur and Peter Debauer. Through problematising the established understanding of the myth of Odyssey, such as homecoming, Schlink tries to point to other possibilities. Among other things, he wonders whether Odyssey, that is, Peter and Carl.John came back to stay. What is the modern-day Odyssey like? Is homecoming in the 21st century possible at all? Is the notion of homeland a utopia? By applying the inter-textual method and the method of deconstruction, the author aims at providing answers to the issues raised, taking into consideration the necessity of deconstruction of existing myths for the purpose of re-reading them in line with the challenges of current times.

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