Wars, Traumas, and Identities in the Serbian Novel 1991–2021 (II)

Keywords: Serbian literature, novel, war, trauma, identity, nation, poetics, paradigm, history, culture

Abstract


The second part of the paper deals with the testimonial-representative paradigm as a choice based on the personal expression of unique experiences of traumatic events as a frame for contemporary concrete understanding and a kind of cathartic solution to identity contradictions. The outcome shows that both paradigms could also be productive in articulating adequate identity politics and/or principle understandings of identity problems only if they consider each other as balancing possibilities.

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Published
2024/03/29
Section
Original Scientific Paper