Last night, Prof. Ph.D. Dijana Hadžizukić promoted the book “From Revolution to Exile – Studies and Experiments in Bosnian Literature” in Konjic. The promotion was held as part of the event “Konjic Book Days 23” in the Bosnian room of the NU Konjic, and the promoters of the book were Lejla Žujo – Marić and Fatima Trbonja.
Promotion of the book “From Revolution to Exile – studies and Essays from Bosnian Literature”
The book was published in February of the current year, as a result of the research work of the last few years. As the author Dijana Hadžizukič told radiokonjic.ba, whose focus of research is Bosnian literature of the 20th century, the book “From Revolution to Exile” represents a collection of different texts that have been combined into one.
“The texts are combined in such a way that the first text is about revolutionaries and shareholders in the prose of Derviš Sušić, and I have included several novels by this author as my corpus. In doing so, I showed how he writes about those people who joined the partisans, those who did not, and those who were on the side of the fascists. Through the texts, I showed that Sušić actually gave a realistic picture, a wide range, not judging anyone, but he understood all people, both those who were partisans and those who were not, even though he himself was a partisan. Apart from Sušić, I also analyzed other authors, and through the texts, I showed how they also wrote,” said author Dijana Hadžizukić.
Through the authors she analyzed who wrote in the 1970s and 1980s, at the end of the book, the author concludes with a text about authors who write in our modern times, who do not live in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
That’s exactly the second part of the title, authors living in exile. Some of those authors are Aleksandar Hemon who works in America, Bekim Sejranović who lived in Norway, Semezdin Mehmedinović who lives in the USA and others. In that part of the book, I wanted to show what kind of literature they write, how much artistic value these authors have, what their basic themes are, and the differences between them. Based on the texts I read, I came to the conclusion that they are rather autobiographically oriented with a lot of nostalgia for Sarajevo and Bosnia in general.”
The book “From Revolution to Exile – studies and Essays from Bosnian Literature” was conceived in three parts and includes studies, anniversaries and approaches. It opens up the possibility of interpreting different literary genres in a new light and in the recognizable context of Bosnian literature and culture, which is of great importance for us, said promoter Lejla Žujo – Marić.
“For the first part of the book – studies, it is interesting that Prof. Hadžizukić puts the classics of Bosnian literature in focus, offers new readings, sheds light on hitherto unexplained issues through individual themes from the context of the literary works of individual authors such as Sušić, Ćopić, Andrić and then on to Trifković, Isaković and recent literary phenomena such as the theme of exile in Bosnian literature. In my opinion, revolution and exile are the two points on which the history of the 20th century rests, as well as the beginning of the present century. The book raises the question of how writers perceive history and what is their literary view of the most important historical and cultural processes. Revolution and exile are mutually connected, conditioned, because in order for the revolution to take place its participants must go into exile, that is, maybe some revolutions were started from exile,” promoter Žujo-Marić told radiokonjic.ba.
The mentioned book covers more than a century, which is a poetic and genre-wide oeuvre that is covered, according to the promoter Fatima Trbonja, who explained to the audience in detail about the parts of the book related to anniversaries and displays at tonight’s promotion.
“Throughout the book, the author dealt with both canonical writers and those who are still less represented in critical valorizations and texts. He makes a special contribution to texts that touch on dramatic literature, indicating that such texts are less represented in literary criticism. What is present throughout all the works is the fact that Professor Hažizukić always brings something that is poetically specific, taking into account the context of creation and the possibility of reception of the texts,” said Trbonja.
