Fragments of War

Nicolosi, Riccardo (2012): Fragments of War. The Siege of Sarajevo in Bosnian Literature. In: Zimmermann, Tanja (ed.) : Balkan Memories: Media Constructions of National and Transnational History. Cultural and Media Studies, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. pp. 65-76

Abstract

The relation between the city and literature is one of mutual exchange. Cities such as London, Paris, and Rome produce texts rendering the chaotic, opaque labyrinth of urban reality readable and tangible; at the same time the city first catches sight of itself (cf. Stierle 1993: 50). In becoming the medium for its readability, literature constructs its cultural semantics, thus creating ‘reality’. This function of literature is revealed most clearly when urban life finds itself in a state of emergency, which is to say when the usual ‘models of perception’ become unusable (cf. Hauser 1990: 19–30). One example of...

• Item Type: Book Section
• Faculties: Languages and Literatures > Department 2 > Slavic Philology
• Subjects: 800 Literature > 800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism; 800 Literature > 890 Other literatures
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-1712-2
• Place of Publication: Bielefeld
• Annotation: Verkürzte englische Version von: Fragmente des Krieges. 2007
• Language: English