Renata Samo, Pula
Nova Istra
Eurozine
Nova Istra
2011-09-29
Summary for Nova Istra 1-2/2011
The first text in this issue is in memory of the eminent Croatian writer Visnja Stahuljak who recently passed away.
The new texts, fiction and poetry signed by contemporary Croatian authors, present different poetic approaches to current issues in literature.
We bring essays and poetry by classical Polish writers, translated into Croatian for the first time, as well as a contemporary Slovene literature contributions.
In the central essay section we publish Croatian writers, some of them classical in the context of national literature such as Dragutin Tadijanovic and Ivan Slamnig.
Our travel writing section includes a text closely related to classical music and set in Sicily, in the south of Italy.
The theoretical section contains a study in theatre philosophy (Antonin Artaud) as well as a study on the deconstruction and performativeness of body.
This time the history section is connected to Istria and is on diplomatic and other divisions between Yugoslavia (Croatia and Slovenia being independent countries today) and Italy after the Second World War. The text is entitled "From the peace agreement to the London memorandum, 1947-1954" and in this volume we present the first part of the study.
The reviews include new titles in literature, history and the sciences.