Narrative strategies in contemporary Serbian fiction

Authors

  • Vladislava Gordić Petković University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Abstract

The paper deals with nine authors of contemporary Serbian fiction which represent three narrative strategies: postmodern textual play, rewriting history, and obsessive confession. However, their common interest lies in the reinvention of reality. Dragan Velikić, Mileta Prodanović, Radoslav Petković, Sreten Ugričić and David Albahari manipulate facts and fiction in different ways, exploring the blurry border between the two, and the result of this playful trespassing is metafiction packed with actual events from either recent or remote history. Unlike their male counterparts, Serbian women writers explore the pursuit of happiness as their main motif. Mirjana Novaković, Mirjana Đurđević, Jelena Lengold and Ljubica Arsić either twist master narratives or reinvent intimate stories in order to escape preestablished designs imposed by the male-oriented literary canon.

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Published

2011-12-30

Issue

No. 4 (2011)

Section

Literature

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