1. Timekeeper outside the canon : Roksanda Njeguš’s prose in the Serbian literary systemDarko Ilin, 2024, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: This paper will discuss the work of Roksanda Njeguš (1915–2009) in the context of Serbian literature. Roksanda Njeguš was a translator from Slovenian and Italian
into Serbo-Croatian, a writer, and a cultural worker. She published a book of literary
reportage Normirac u srcu (1949) and the novels Kidanje (1959), Stolice na kiši (1978),
and Otpisani iz ružičaste zone (1998). This paper aims to outline one possible line of interpretation of the author’s oeuvre regarding the broader political and cultural context
of its creation. The author’s narrative focus is women’s experience during the National Liberation Struggle, and her last novel is dedicated to the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Therefore, this work will attempt to view her novels as a literary chronicle of Socialist
Yugoslavia through the female experience of struggle. By analysing her novels, this paper will critically reevaluate the author’s marginal position in the canon of the Serbian
literary system. Keywords: Serbian literature, gender perspective, socialist Yugoslavia Published in RUNG: 23.10.2024; Views: 303; Downloads: 1 Link to file This document has many files! More... |
2. Decolonizing literary studies : unveiling postcolonial narratives in post-Yugoslav academic curriculaSara Vukotić, Darko Ilin, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: This paper explores the presence and integration of postcolonial studies in literature education within the faculties of philology in the capitals of the former Yugoslav countries. Focusing on the emerging field of critical curriculum studies, the research delves into the nuanced landscape of literature education, particularly at higher levels, specifically emphasizing literary students’ specialized education. The study contextualizes postcolonial studies as a hybrid space for theoretical discourse, tracing its roots to anticolonial critique and contemporary Western theories. Drawing on the anticolonial heritage of socialist Yugoslavia and its involvement in the Non-Aligned Movement, the paper navigates the complexities of (post)colonial dynamics in the Balkans. This paper investigates the presence, or absence, of postcolonial theory in literature curricula within humanities faculties in the former Yugoslav countries’ capital cities. This research is based on the close interconnection of literature and postcolonial theory, whose origins lie within the literary representation of colonization relations. The primary objective is to discern the extent to which postcolonial studies are integrated into literary education and what implications this holds within the national context. Through an examination of course programs and content at various academic levels, the research aims to illuminate the role of postcolonial theory in shaping the narrative of literature education in the context of the former Yugoslavia. Keywords: postcolonial theory, curriculum, literary education, former Yugoslavia, higher education Published in RUNG: 13.08.2024; Views: 887; Downloads: 13 Full text (542,01 KB) This document has many files! More... |
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4. Was Dancing Possible During the Fascist Occupation of Yugoslavia?Gal Kirn, 2020, original scientific article Keywords: Marta Paulin-Brina, Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia, partisan performances, dance, People’s Liberation Struggle, intermediality, photographic archive of the liberation, Anthem to Agitational Theatre. Published in RUNG: 23.12.2020; Views: 3021; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
5. From the Primacy of Partisan Politics to the Post-Fordist Tendency in Yugoslav Self-Management SocialismGal Kirn, 2013, independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph Keywords: postsocialism, post-Fordism, Yugoslavia, self-management, neoliberalism, market reform, Kardelj, partisan politics, rise and demise of socialism Published in RUNG: 24.08.2020; Views: 3174; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
6. Yugoslavian Partisan Memorials: Between Memorial Genre, Revolutionary Aesthetics and Ideological RecuperationGal Kirn, Robert Burghardt, 2011, other scientific articles Keywords: partisan monuments, Yugoslavia, revolutionary memory, hibridity, case studies of monument, Kozara, Petrova Gora Published in RUNG: 20.08.2020; Views: 3772; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
7. Partisan ruptures : self-management, market reform and the spectre of socialist YugoslaviaGal Kirn, 2019, scientific monograph Abstract: Yugoslavia's twentieth-century bore witness to civil war, sharp ideological struggles and a series of 'partisan ruptures'; revolutionary events that changed the face of Yugoslavian society, politics and culture, which were felt on a global level.
This book is a comprehensive historical and political analysis of the three major ruptures; the People's Liberation Struggle during World War Two, the self-management model and the Non-Aligned Movement. In order to understand what provoked and what came out of these revolutionary ruptures, Gal Kirn examines the implications of communism and socialism's productive relationship, the Yugoslavian 'experiment' of market socialism that marked the political and economic shift towards 'post-socialism' already in the 1960s, which crystallised new class coalitions that will later on - together with austerity politics - lead the way towards des-integration of Yugoslavia.
Filling a much-needed gap in English language literature, this book's interrogation of the Yugoslav socialist experiment offers insights for left projects and democratic socialist discussions today, as well as historians of Yugoslavia and revolutionary movements. Keywords: partisan ruptures, YUgoslav socialism, break-up, exhaustion of partisan politics, market socialism, 1965, new Yugoslavia, non-aligned movement, self-management, rise and demise of socialism, liberalism, nationalism Published in RUNG: 19.08.2020; Views: 3710; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
8. The Yugoslav Partisan ArtGal Kirn, Vladimir Habjan, 2016, original scientific article Abstract: Jernej Habjan and Gal Kirn have edited a special issue of Slavica tergestina devoted to the Yugoslav Partisan art (1941-1945). All the chapters are in English, with abstracts in Russian and English as well as summaries in Slovenian. We highlight the theoretical discussion between Rastko Mocnik and Miklavz Komelj. The chapters are preceded by the introduction by Gal Kirn, and followed by reviews of new books on the Yugoslav Partisan art. Keywords: partisan art, left art, political aesthetics, propaganda, liberation struggle, new Yugoslavia Published in RUNG: 19.08.2020; Views: 3393; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
9. World War I in Secondary School Literature Textbooks during the Interwar PeriodZoran Božič, 2018, original scientific article Abstract: The paper deals with responses to World War I in Slovenian secondary school literature textbooks in the interwar period. Among other texts, these textbooks in the 1920s feature writings about the Isonzo front, expressing the pain due to the loss of the Littoral region. The textbook published within the frames of fascist Italy is a special case, since its compiler had to express his national awareness and the condemnation of war atrocities in a concealed way. In the 1930s, only texts describing the retreat of the Serbian army to Corfu or to the Macedonian front are published, since the Kingdom of Yugoslavia could not build national awareness with texts depicting suffering or heroism of the defeated soldiers. Keywords: World War I, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Isonzo front, Thessaloniki front, secondary school, literature textbook, didactics Published in RUNG: 31.01.2019; Views: 5359; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |