Magija reči u pripoveci Momčila Nastasijevića „Zapis o darovima moje rođake Marije”
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2013
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Magic of Words in Momčilo Nastasijević’s Narrative "An Account of the Gifts of My Cousin Marija"
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Interpretation of Momčilo Nastasijević’s narrative „An Account of the Gifts of my Cousin
Marija” indicated the significance of the storyteller’s belief in the magic of words and in
calamitous effect of words on destiny – not only his own destiny, but also that of his cousin
Marija. Except the power of words – curse, and magic belief in it, important part in the
events is also played by disrespect for somebody else’s word (intensified by the fact that it is
the last will of a dying person), as well as by breaking of one’s word (false oath), which also
turns to be fatal. Destiny of Marija and that of her cousin is viewed from the perspective of
depth psychology, as well as her confronting individual and collective Shadow, and his
temporary state of being overwhelmed, and later permanently engulfed by unconscious
contents and family Shadow. While Marija comprehends evil in herself and in the world, and
through agony and suffering reveals her light side, and experiences enlightenment, her
cousin, having heard her story, begins to identify himself with dead Marija, failing to face
these contents or fight them creatively. Marija has „light in her life” while expecting the
second coming of Christ – coming of the Word, Logos, that will set the world free, so she
spends her life doing embroidery, in order to fulfill the Word – what was foretold and
announced (spoken and written). Unlike her, under the pressure of his cognition, her cousin
falls silent, wishing only for death, which is the only one, he believes, that can untie the knot
of his suffering. Still, in order to die peacefully, actually to be able to die at all, near the end
of his life he will be compelled to speak, meaning to write down the narrative about his
cousin and himself, in order for the „knot of suffering” to be resolved by words, meaning, by
the very concept that tied it in the first place.
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Momčilo Nastasijević, magic of words, depth psychology, curse, Shadow, Christ the Savior, Logos, second coming
Citation
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2013, nr 4, s.221–236
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978-83-232-2525-6