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

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Tropin T.

International Journal of Slavic Studies Transgressive, Pragmatic and Speculative Horizons of Popular Literature and Culture

2020

vol. 1

issue 2

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.

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