Narativni identiteti na raskršćima balkanske historije u romanima Huseina Bašića
Narrative Identitites on The Crossroads of the Balkan History in the Novels of Husein Bašić

Author(s): Elbisa Ustamujić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bosnian Literature, Theory of Literature, Identity of Collectives
Published by: BZK "Preporod" Brčko distrikt Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: the figure “new times” and “new lords”; “Turkish guilt”; cultural memory; historical crossroad; border; identity crisis; trauma identity; transgression; division and replacement of identity;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the genesis of shaping and reshaping the Bosniak cultural identity, through all historical misfortune and changes. In novelistic cycle Zamjene and Krivice, as well as the novel CrnoTurci, Husein Bašić writes out the historical doom of Sandžak Bosniaks and beyond, in the area of Balkan demarcation and the area of new lords, after Ottoman withdrawal. Bosniaks face the consequences of imposed “Turkish guilt” - persecution, robbery, arson and murders. The confusion, fear and disorientation led to mass emigration and further even occasional mass crimes and suffering, especially during the World War II, which preceded the genocide in Bosnia at the end of the 20th century. Searching for the causes and consequences of the tragic events, the author writes individual and collective destinies in creating narrative characters, also showing the drama of identity: identity crisis, trauma identity, identity replacement and division,

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