PROSTOR IZMEĐU: UHODE, HODŽA STRAH i NEVAKAT DERVIŠA SUŠIĆA
THE SPACE IN BETWEEN: UHODE, HODŽA STRAH AND NEVAKAT BY DERVIŠ SUŠIĆ

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the novels Uhode, Hodža Strah and Nevakat by Derviš Sušić, with a special place for researching Bosnian past, the issue of the position of the individual versus the collective, and the image of the defeat of the individual in the vortex of historical, political and ideological turmoil. This paper raises severalquestions: how does Sušić in his novels Uhode, Hodža Strah and Nevakat treat historical events, what historical images do the novel portray and who is speaking on behalf of the Bosnian past. The past in Derviš Sušić’s novels is neither exemplary nor heroic, nor is it an image integrity of identity, but the narrative image of Bosnia as a crossroads (the Orient and the Occident), the space in between (Bhabha). Namely, the above-mentioned novels by Sušić show that Bosnia incessantly went through transition phases, never managing to fully reach its full economic, social, political and cultural growth. In addition, the novels also raise the issue of transition which occurred as the result of constant conquest intentions to “emancipate” and “tame” the Bosnian “landscape”.

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