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WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME – LIE AND TRAUMA IN KRISTIAN NOVAK’S ČRNA MATI ZEMLA

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The paper focuses on the concept of lies and lying as an auto therapeutic act, as represented in Kristian Novak’s novel Črna mati zemla. Novak illustrates the complexity of the philosophical and literary concept of truth (and lie) by means of a heterogeneous narrative structure. The novel consist of five non-chronologically arranged chapters which deal with different versions of truth, or rather, which point to the fact that the truth about the protagonist’s life changes depending on who perceives and interprets it, and when. The elaborate relationship between the truth and lie is additionally complicated by the author’s play with different genres or forms of narrative, which includes the representation of scientific research, fictional representation of the protagonist’s adult life and an autobiographical story of the protagonist’s childhood. Lying is simultaneously represented as a creative and a destructive act because inventing stories is the very basis of literary creativity (both Novak and his literary protagonist are writers, which establishes a metatextual relationship between the novel as a fictional creation and the reality) and it helps the protagonist cope with the trauma of his father’s death. However, at the same time, lying and believing in imaginary people and situations serve to psychologically destabilize the protagonist, both as a boy and as an adult.

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LIE, DECEPTION, PHILOSOPHY OF ETHICS AND THE NARRATIVE NETWORK OF THE COMFORTS OF SATURDAYS BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

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From an angle of critical sociolinguistic analysis, a methodology of narrative networks is applied in order to argue for a relative interpretation of the narrative in a piece of detective fiction, The Comforts of Saturdays by Alexander McCall Smith. Some of the central narrative themes of the novel, lie and deception, forgiveness and penance, are interpreted within the theoretical and methodological framework which postulates that a text cannot be understood in isolation, in a social vacuum. The concept of narrative network, in which the text itself is but a single “knot” while the rest of the network is made up of a wide range of socio-historical factors, accompanying texts (interviews with the author, publisher advertisements, etc.), attitudes and interpretations of different types of reading audiences as well as the act of reading itself, allows us to better understand the relative and variable meanings of the plot and the moral directive force it proposes, opening up new spaces for a more complex, multi-layered understanding of the narrative fabric in its entirety.

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THOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST

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First, the paper tries to establish a meaning of the concept of falsehood and the deriving notions. There are references to understanding of falsehood in Christianity as the foundation of the European civilization i.e. of the modern and contemporary philosophy. And while Christianity makes a clear cut distinction between falsehood and truthfulness, philosophy renders this distinction relative and meaningless (Schopenhauer). Further on, the paper portrays a relationship between Manuel Komnenos and Stefan Nemanja as given in the texts of Constantine Manasses and Eustace of Salonika. Both of them celebrate Manuel up to a point where they compare him with God. On the other hand, Nemanja is attributed epithets related to Satan. Contrary to that, when writing his father’s biography, Stefan the First Crowned portrays the Emperor Manuel in good light. The consequences of the Emperor’s conquests soon disappear when the Empire ceases to exist, while the Grand Prince’s feats – the territorial expansion, winning independence and founding Hilandar remain. In the end, Nemanja becomes a saint, while Manuel does not. The final conclusion is that a falsehood uttered by the powerful and dominant does not last forever.

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ANALYSIS OF BUDGET EXPENSES FOR FINANCING OF CULTURE IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

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Establishment of a system for monitoring of the execution of budgetary expenses allocated to culture as a segment of executive rule is a basic form of support to its development in the Republic of Serbia. Inadequacy of the present accounting system is caused by procedures and legal restrictions which complicate and fail to stimulate development of the cultural sector. Focusing on the budget as a fundamental financial institute we will discuss to which degree the cultural needs can be satisfied.

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THE ROLE OF ARTS AND HISTORY IN THE REPRESENTATION OF HOLOCAUST

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Following the famous Adorno’s sentence: ˮWriting poetry after Auschwitz is barbaricˮ, we can ask ourselves if representing holocaust in art is ethical, and if so, what is the proper way of doing it? The Holocaust discourse has motivated and moved many artists and critiques to consider and discuss open questions of holocaust representation. Who has the right to try and represent the holocaust? How should we represent the holocaust and how can we deal with the question of responsibility in a postwar world? Poetry, ritual, music, film, photography, art in general, help us to remember, remind those not yet born that they have to feel suffering they were lucky to avoid, not only as a tribute to the victims, but to stay human. In Auschwitz, culture, science, art and progress became monstrous pictures in the mirror of human existence. A question was raised and constantly repeated after Auschwitz: ˮIs Auschwitz the end – the peak of our culture or a tipping point that we still do not understand? Is it possible for art to express the truth about Auschwitz?ˮ If holocaust represents a historic turning point for the application of extreme violence of mass killing, then this turning point also presents completely new challenges to individual remembrance and collective memory.

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LEGAL REGULATION OF GAMBLING AS ENTERTAINMENT (IN CAFES AND TAVERNS IN CROATIA) – A HISTORIC WALK

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Authors of this paper are looking for an answer to the following question: whether gambling (as one of the forms of social entertainment in eating establishments and thus in cafes and taverns as well) was under control of competent authorities throughout history: local, city, district or state authorities. In the first part of the paper, in search of the true (authentic) picture of legal (legislative) regulation of gambling in eating establishments, at least when it comes to the Republic of Croatia, authors provide a brief historic review of the origins, continuation and survival of the chance games (in Europe in general and in the region of Croatia in particular); the second part of the paper is designated to the most important laws and regulations passed for the purpose of regulating gambling in eating establishments, and thus in cafes and taverns.

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TURBO-FOLK – BALKANISM, ORIENTALISM AND OTHERNESS

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This paper analyses the turbo-folk music genre as one of the important elements of modern pop culture in Serbia as a significant representative of the Serbian cultural identity and politics, together with its many clashes and contradictions. By using a research of Edward Said and his basic assumptions of Orientalism as a dominant view of the West’s Others, we continue with regional applications of this theory by Marija Todorova, Milica Bakić-Hayden and others to question the development of internal identities developed in former Yugoslavia within these discourses and to attempt to provide an explanation for the contested values and positions of the turbo-folk phenomena to this day.

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WHY WILL A KAFE NEVER BECOME A CAFÈ

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This paper is an attempt to answer the questions to what extent, how and under which conditions it is possible to compare one specific urban phenomenon such as a café in different environments. The basis for such a comparison can be found in historical and cultural context, first of all, but also in a number of features that stem from lifestyle and everyday urban life. Empirical insights into social reality and elements for comparison were observed within a minuscule form of everyday urban life in Rome, the homeland of contemporary European cafés.

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FROM ARTISTIC ACTION TO TOURIST ATTRACTION – (RE)CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD CITY CULTURE IN BELGRADE’S BOHEMIAN QUARTER SKADARLIJA AND ITS TAVERNS

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Since the early 1920s, the City of Belgrade authorities have adopted and cherished the marketing concept of a city at play – emphasizing the city history, culture and the quality of social life. The social life in Belgrade was primarily taking place in taverns such as the ones in Skadarlija quarter. Many pieces of art were also created there, making this part of the city known as a unique ambience that keeps telling the story of urban Belgrade culture to this date. In this paper, a brief history of Skadarlija and the artistic actions that revived the quarter since late 1960s allowing its positioning as a tourist attraction, provide the frame for discussing conceptualization of Belgrade as a city at play.

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A QUESTION MARK FOR THE TAVERNS OF BELGRADE

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This paper discusses the concept of intangible cultural heritage through the analysis of the state of Belgrade taverns, which are left to ruin. The main pattern of the paper is an attempt to define a place and importance of the taverns as an intangible cultural heritage given their presence throughout the centuries in this capital city’s life. Paper also explores inns as cultural property monuments, defining their characteristics with the aim of grasping their value. As such, taverns can be seen as cultural monuments encapsulating the intangible cultural heritage. In the end paper gives reasons why the old taverns should be preserved from demolition and the uniformity of globalization, primarily for the reasons of safeguarding the national and cultural identity, giving the possible ways of their protection through projects.