Ruska ženska autobiografija: osobno i javno
In: L - Biblioteka Zavoda za znanost o književnosti Filozofskoga fakulteta u Zagrebu
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In: L - Biblioteka Zavoda za znanost o književnosti Filozofskoga fakulteta u Zagrebu
In: Transcultural studies, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 26-44
ISSN: 2375-1606
Narrated in the first person, mostly from a child's perspective, Hair Everywhere (2011) by the contemporary Croatian author Tea Tulić (b. 1978) presents the story of how a mother's dying of tumour affects those around her through a series of simultaneously poetic and prosaic sketches, as moving as they are witty. While other members of the family are not ignored, the focus is squarely on the matrilineal trio, including the narrator and her grandma. Mysterious enough when taken individually, and only more so in the context of the collection as a whole, certain motifs are insistently repeated and varied in these fragments, mirroring the mother's deterioration and the narrator's infantile rationalisation, and all but achieve the status of private symbolism. The paper will discuss these narrative strategies in an attempt to establish how the composition of the collection bears upon its interpretation.
In: Transcultural studies, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 124-148
ISSN: 2375-1606
This paper deals with the reconceptualization of martyrdom in Želimir Periš' short story collection Martyrs (2013). A close reading demonstrates a link between these texts and some hagiographic features, such as celibacy, asceticism, and visions. Special attention is given to the aspect of exemplarity, which is emphasized as a result of diverse repetitions. Also, the implications of the cyclical structure of this collection are examined. In conclusion, the analysis of the role of the story and story-telling indicates choice to be the shared motivation of these texts and the essence of martyrdom as it appears here.