On 'Southerness': the Greek self-image between the European South and the European North in contemporary literary texts

MARAZOPOULOS, Petros. On 'Southerness': the Greek self-image between the European South and the European North in contemporary literary texts. In 25th Annual Congress of Mediterranean Studies Association 2023 31/5 - 1/6, 2023, Brno, Czech Republic. 2023.

Basic information

Original name

On 'Southerness': the Greek self-image between the European South and the European North in contemporary literary texts

Authors

MARAZOPOULOS, Petros

Edition

25th Annual Congress of Mediterranean Studies Association 2023 31/5 - 1/6, 2023, Brno, Czech Republic, 2023

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

European South; European North; Austerity Era; Southerness; Modern Greek Literature

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The aim of this paper is to examine the perceptions of the terms "North" and "South" in contemporary Greek prose written in the years of the economic crisis. In the Modern Greek thought, the imaginative unification of the Greek space with the West has been attempted since the 19th century; however, after the economic crisis of 2007-2008 and especially during the decade 2010-2020, there is an intense approach towards the European South. In this context, various literary texts are characterized by specific narrative strategies, which on the one hand negotiate 'southernness' and on the other hand formulate negative representations concerning northern European countries. These issues are analysed through selected literary texts of the decade under examination, by writers such as Petros Markaris, Kostas Akrivos and Rhea Galanaki.