Historical tradition in Serbian genre literature

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Đorđević, I. (2008). Historical tradition in Serbian genre literature, 56(2), 99-115. Retrieved from http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-08610802099D
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Title

Historical tradition in Serbian genre literature

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Author

Ivan, Đorđević

Journal

Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU

Volume
Issue

2

Start page

99

End page

115

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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-08610802099D

Date

2008-2020/03/08/16:04:47

Abstract

This paper discusses two Serbian science-fiction stories with a special emphasis on the motives in their narrative structure; the motive analysis is focused on those motives that represent a transposition of 'historical tradition' elements. The key words connecting images appearing in this context are: fear of losing (national) identity and a strategy of resistance towards those, who presumably, want to 'take over' the identity. In this sense, a return to 'the historical tradition', in the analyzed texts, aims to reassess certain past models indicating at the same time those that have successfully served and endured as historical models in this discourse.

Keywords

national identity, tradition, fear, genre literature, science-fiction