A garment of one's own

Eugenia Fakinou's Re‐Imagining of the greek past

Bibliographic Data

ID11863733
AuthorsGeorgia Gotsi (0000-0001-9680-4174, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume15
Issue2
Pages91-110
Publication date2000-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMediterranean Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-8967 • E-ISSN: 1743-940X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09518960008569780
OpenAlexW2074487365
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

This article focuses on The Seventh Garment by the Greek author Eugenia Fakinou, and claims that, first appearances notwithstanding, the novel is not just a tale about the reclamation of Greek roots. Rather, it is a re‐writing of Greece's national history, not as a series of wars and triumphs, but, most importantly, as a collective recounting of common pains. The novel's women narrators articulate a comprehensive conception of history as a universal experience of conflict, tragedy and loss. Thus, it is suggested that Fakinou's novel is part of a recent, and revisionist return of fiction to history, with female novelists often embarking upon a ‘re‐imagining ‘ of history as the wholeness of personal and public experiences

Art · Greek tragedy · Literature · Tragedy (event · Classics · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Philippine History and Culture

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