Vol.2, No 9, 2002 pp. 327 - 334
UDC 886.1.09-992

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I DREAMED OF CANADA
AMBIVALENCE IN SERBIAN ATTITUDE TO CANADA
Vesna Lopičić
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy 

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Tihomir Levajac from Banja Luka in the Republic of Srpska wrote a book 'I Dreamed of Canada' in which he described his personal experience of Canada. His essays are a starting point for the analysis of the cultural clash between the Serbian and Canadian cultures, more specifically the feeling of inferiority that the Serbs share with many other citizens of the under-developed countries in relation to the Canadians, seen as a superior and privileged nation. A personal touch to this attempt to compare and contrast the two cultures is given through the analysis of one of David Albahari's stories in which this Serbian author, now Canadian resident, describes his life in Canada.

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SANJAO SAM KANADU - AMBIVALENTNOST U ODNOSU SRBA PREMA KANADI Tihomir Levajac iz Banja Luke napisao je esejistički putopis "Sanjao sam Kanadu" u kome opisuje svoje lično iskustvo boravka u Kanadi. Njegovi prikazi predstavljaju polazište za analizu kulturološkog sudara izmedju srpske i kanadske kulture, odnosno osećanja inferiornosti koje je svojstveno mnogim Srbima kao i gradjanima drugih nedovoljno razvijenih zemalja u odnosu na Kanadjane koji se obično doživljavaju kao superiorna i privilegovana nacija. Ličnu notu ovom pokušaju da se uporede i suprotstave odlike ovih dveju zemalja daje i analiza jedne od kratkih priča Davida Albaharija, "Pod srebrnom svetlošću mesečine", u kojoj ovaj autor srpskog porekla, a sada stanovnik Kanade, opisuje svoj doživljaj nove domovine.