Vol.3, No 2, 2005 pp. 175 - 184
UDC 821.111(71)-31.09

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"PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF":
SALVATION THROUGH ART IN HOMEL'S THE SPEAKING CURE
Vesna Lopičić
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš

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The paper will explore various forms of art perceived by the narrator of Homel's novel The Speaking Cure. The setting of the novel is Belgrade in the turbulent 90s where seemingly there was no room for art. However, an acute observer, a Canadian experiencing the times from a more objective point of view, discovers a whole range of artistic forms, from surrogate to fine art, in different layers of the society. The paper will focus on them as the means of self-expression, survival and salvation following the main protagonist, a psychologist who resorts to literature in an attempt to deal with the reality.

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"DOKTORE, IZLEČI SE":
UMETNOST KAO SPAS U HOMELOVOM ROMANU THE SPEAKING CURE Ovaj rad proučava različite umetničke forme koje uočava pripovedač Homelovog romana The Speaking Cure. Radnja romana se dogadja u Beogradu tokom burnih devedesetih godina kada je izgledalo da za umetnost nema prostora. Medjutim, jedan pažljivi posmatrač, Kanadjanin koji taj period doživljava sa relativno objektivne tačke posmatranja, otkriva čitav niz umetničkih formi, od surogata umetnosti do lepih umetnosti, nastalih u različitim slojevima društva. Rad će se usredsrediti na njih kao načine samoiskazivanja, opstajanja i spasenja, prateći glavnog junaka, psihologa koji pribegava umetnosti u pokušaju da se nosi sa stvarnošću.