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From Minor Literature to Neoliberal Noir: The Detective Novels of Sergej VercPrimož Mlačnik, 2022, original scientific article
Abstract: In this article, we analyze the politics of
representation in the detective tetralogy (1991-2009) of the late Slovenian and Triestinian writer
Sergej Verč. Addressing several aspects of Verč’s
primary literary semiotic device of schizophrenia,
we trace a simultaneous literary and chronological
shift from minor literature to neoliberal noir.
We expose the fundamental representational
ambiguity by analyzing the detective triad
(murder-victim-criminal), the fetishization of
detective clues, the erotization of detection, and
the underlying binary oppositions. Verč’s detective
novels critique the Slovenian capitalist transition
but also reproduce culturally conservative
representations of gender, sexuality, and family.
Keywords: Slovenian Literature, Sergej Verč, Minor Literature, Neoliberal Noir, Trieste, De(mythologization), Schizophrenia, Politics of
Representation, Detective Novels, Critique of
Capitalism, Cultural Conservatism
Published in RUNG: 15.12.2022; Views: 1254; Downloads: 21
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