146 KB0 KB200420252020Aćamović, Bojanaštevilka:1letnik:17str. 41-55ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID_HOST:22284291URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-XV0TTJ7PenZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v LjubljaniELOPE (Ljubljana)Atwood, MargaretBarth, JohnmitologijamythologyOdisejaOdysseypostmodernapostmodernismReplenishing the Odyssey| Margaret Atwood's and John Barth's postmodern epics|The paper focuses on Margaret Atwood's novel The Penelopiad and John Barth's short stories "Menelaiad" and "Anonymiad", comparing the approaches of the two authors in their postmodernist retellings of Homer's Odyssey. Both Atwood and Barth base their narratives on minor episodes from this epic, with its less prominent or unnamed characters assuming the roles of the narrators. Using different postmodernist techniques, the authors experiment with the form and content of the narration, combine different genres, and demythologize the situations and characters. In their re-evaluations and reinterpretations of the Odyssey, they create works which epitomize Barth's notion of postmodernist fiction as a literature of replenishment. The comparative analysis presented in this paper aims to highlight the ways in which Atwood and Barth challenge the old and add new perspectives on Homer's epic, at the same time confirming its relevance in the postmodern contextPrispevek obravnava roman Penelopina preja Margaret Atwood in kratki zgodbi "Menelaiad" in "Anonymiad" Johna Bartha ter primerja pristopa obeh avtorjev k postmodernistični priredbi Homerjeve Odiseje. Atwood in Barth svoje pripovedi opreta na stranske epizode v omenjenem epu in neimenovane osebe postavita v vlogo pripovedovalcev. S pomočjo različnih postmodernističnih tehnik se avtorja igrata z obliko in vsebino pripovedi, preigravata žanre in demitologizirata prizore in pripovedne osebe. Z novo preučitvijo in interpretacijo Odiseje ustvarita dela, ki utelešajo Barthov koncept postmodernistične fikcije kot dopolnitvene književnosti. Primerjalna analiza v prispevku osvetljuje načine, s katerimi Atwood in Barth prevprašujeta stare in nove poglede na Homerjev ep, pri tem pa utrjujeta njegov pomen v postmodernem kontekstuTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Znanstvena založba