Мебијусова трака: временска петља у роману Дејана Алексића Ципела на крају света

• Authors: Tijana Tropin

Title variants

EN

The möbius strip: the time loop in Dejan Aleksić's novel A shoe at the end of the world

Abstracts

EN

This article investigates the time loop motif in Dejan Aleksić’s novel, A Shoe at the End of the World. Following a brief overview of the most important uses of the time motif in children’s literature, and positioning this paper within Nikolajeva’s (i.e. Eliade’s) dichotomy of linear and cyclical time, we analyse the time loop motif in Aleksić’s short children’s novel. Unlike e.g. science fiction authors, Aleksić does not use the time loop as a plot point but rather as an important factor creating a sense of wonder in his text. He also uses it as a narrative starting point for a string of comical paradoxes that posit a simultaneity of past and future events, which sets the overall tone of the novel. The time loop also establishes effectively the displacement of Aleksić’s imaginary world, removing it from the linear time sequence, characteristic for adults, and yet setting it apart from the idyllic eternity of childhood, envisioned by older authors. Simultaneously, the time loop serves as a link to the metafictional characteristics of other Aleksić’s texts.

Keywords

EN

Dejan Aleksić; children’s literature; time in literature; time loop; metafictionality

SR

Дејан Алексић; књижевност за децу; време у књижевности; временска петља; метафикционалност

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski. Wydział Humanistyczny
• Journal: International Journal of Slavic Studies Transgressive, Pragmatic and Speculative Horizons of Popular Literature and Culture
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Tijana Tropin

• Institute for Literature and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34768/kyzb-5w67

Biblioteka Nauki

1385358