Slika Amerike u romanu Glasovi u vetru Grozdane Olujić

Abstract

The paper examines the ways of (re)constructing the relation between the subject and the Other in Grozdana Olujić’s novel Glasovi u vetru [Voices in the Wind], from the perspective of imagology. Starting from the implications of the imagological theory, the picture of America in the novel has been explored (by revealing a system of keywords, repetitions, stereotypes, autoimage and heteroimage). It was determined that the picture is necessary for achieving some of the basic poetic premises in the novel. In addition to this, the impact of alterity on permanent (re)construction of the subject’s identity, which is fundamentally fluid (from the point of view of postmodernism), is analysed. It can be concluded that the picture of America is multidimensional, as well as the main character’s