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SUMMARY:Ivo Andric and the Dynamic Aspects of the Balkan Cultural Identity
  - Prof Dr Kornelije Kvas\, University of Belgrade\, Faculty of Philology
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CONTACT:Julius Weitzdörfer
DESCRIPTION:The historical and fictional world of Ivo Andric is most frequ
 ently\, Bosnia. He was born in Travnik\, Bosnia\, in Croat Catholic family
 . After the Second World War he declared himself as a Serb (definitely in 
 his ID from 1951). The conflict in Andric identity is the conflict in iden
 tities of Bosnian people. Andric literary works refer to communities that 
 co-exist side by side but are contrasted in the national\, political\, rel
 igious\, and cultural senses. Bosnia\, which can be seen as a small versio
 n of the former Yugoslavia and perhaps the whole of the Balkans\, is a pla
 ce where citizens are divided by religion: Eastern Orthodox\, Roman Cathol
 ic\, Islamic\, and Jewish. Andric’s narrative simultaneously uses and in
 terprets the history and the question of memory\, by establishing a creati
 ve dialogue within the different forms of reality. Critical reading of Nob
 el's prize author Ivo Andric explores national\, political and confessiona
 l differences and similarities in the Bosnia and Balkans. The aim of the p
 aper is to show how reading of history determines collective memory and co
 ntemporary ethnic identities.\nKeywords: Andric\, narrative\, history\, Ba
 lkans\, memory\nBio: Associate professor at the Department of Comparative 
 Literature and Theory of Literature\, Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. Hi
 s research interests include the science of literature\, theory of literat
 ure\, cultural studies\, romanticism and realism in literature\, theories 
 of interpretation\, intertextuality. He participated in many international
  conferences. He published reviews\, specialized and scientific articles i
 n prominent scientific journals and proceedings. Books: Intertekstualnost 
 u poeziji [Intertextuality in Poetry]\, Beograd\, Zavod za udžbenike i na
 stavna sredstva\, 2006\; Istina i poetika [Truth and Poetics]\, Novi Sad\,
  Akademska knjiga\, 2011\; Granice realizma [The Boundaries of Realism]\, 
 Beograd\, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva\, 2016.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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