Vanja Polić
Biographic Data
| ID | 4078883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanja Polić |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanja |
| FAMILY NAME | Polić |
| SIGNATURE | POLIĆ V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7366-6490 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
The Hauntings of Canada in Michael Crummey’s Sweetland
In Michael Crummey’s novel Sweetland (2014), which belongs to the genre of Canadian Gothic, ghosts function as warnings and reminders on a broader cultural and national level. The article analyzes different kinds of hauntings in the novel to show how they emphasize the notions of belonging to a local community and specific location, to alert to the disappearance of the traditional ways of life and the importance of cultural memory for the surviva…
Performing the Canadian West
This article's analysis will revolve around the contemporary literary reconfigurations of the myth of the old West with special attention to the Wild West as a performed space and a performed narrative. Attention will be paid to the reconfiguration of the myth by focusing, in turn, on chuckwagon races as 'a synecdoche of the West' (van Herk) and their carnivalesque quality; the myth versus reality debate always accompanying the myth of the Wild W…
The reworkings of the Western from the northern side of the Medicine Line
This article analyses the adaptation and appropriation of the Western genre in novels by three Canadian authors: Natalee Caple’s In Calamity’s Wake, Guy Vanderhaeghe’s The Englishman’s Boy and Fred Stenson’s Lightning. All three novels revisit, re-interpret and subvert the myth of the Wild West by: focusing on historicity in the form of historiographic metafiction or historical fiction; differentiating between the Canadian and American Wild Wests…
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The reworkings of the Western from the northern side of the Medicine Line
This article analyses the adaptation and appropriation of the Western genre in novels by three Canadian authors: Natalee Caple’s In Calamity’s Wake, Guy Vanderhaeghe’s The Englishman’s Boy and Fred Stenson’s Lightning. All three novels revisit, re-interpret and subvert the myth of the Wild West by: focusing on historicity in the form of historiographic metafiction or historical fiction; differentiating between the Canadian and American Wild Wests…
Performing the Canadian West
This article's analysis will revolve around the contemporary literary reconfigurations of the myth of the old West with special attention to the Wild West as a performed space and a performed narrative. Attention will be paid to the reconfiguration of the myth by focusing, in turn, on chuckwagon races as 'a synecdoche of the West' (van Herk) and their carnivalesque quality; the myth versus reality debate always accompanying the myth of the Wild W…
Introduction
The Hauntings of Canada in Michael Crummey’s Sweetland
In Michael Crummey’s novel Sweetland (2014), which belongs to the genre of Canadian Gothic, ghosts function as warnings and reminders on a broader cultural and national level. The article analyzes different kinds of hauntings in the novel to show how they emphasize the notions of belonging to a local community and specific location, to alert to the disappearance of the traditional ways of life and the importance of cultural memory for the surviva…
History (3 works) · Short Stories in Global Literature (3 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · Poetry Analysis and Criticism (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Appropriation (1 work) · Art history (1 work)