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Väinö Linna

Tuntematon sotilas

The Unknown Soldier

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Class

Cynicism

Second World War

Military

Nationalism

Collective Memory

Amanda Michalopoulou

Η γυναίκα του Θεού (I gynaika tou Theou)

God's Wife

Presented by:Niki Sioki

Identity

Gender

Feminism

Female Body

Tvrtko Kulenović

Kasino

Casino

Presented by:Zvonimir Glavaš

Vjekoslav Kaleb

Divota Prašine

Glorious Dust

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Yugoslavia

Communism

Partisans

Liliana Corobca

Caiet de cenzor

The Censor’s Notebook

Presented by:Cristina Spinei

Central and Eastern Europe

Communism

Cold War

Anti-communism

Censorship

Miloš Crnjanski

Dnevnik o Čarnojeviću

The Journal of Čarnojević

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Class

First World War

Fakir Baykurt

Yüksek Fırınlar

Blast Furnaces

Presented by:Duncan Lien

Gender

Class

Students’ movement

Second-Wave Feminism

Joseph Conrad

Under Western Eyes

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Revolution

Terrorism

Autocracy

Despotism

Reformism

Espionage

Cynicism

Political Espionage

Russian Revolution of 1905 (First Russian Revolution)

Ali Smith

Summer

Presented by:Paul Stewart

Migrations

United Kingdom

Refugees

Art

Internment

COVID Pandemic

Antisemitism

Political Discourse

Second World War

Alexandre Labruffe

Chroniques d’une station-service

Presented by:Melanie Schneider

Capitalism

Technology

Climate Crisis

21st century

Péter Esterházy

Kis Magyar Pornográfia

A Little Hungarian Pornography

Presented by:Richárd Vincze

Benjamin Zephaniah

Refugee Boy

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Migrations

Racism

Pan-Africanism

Rastafari

Political Asylum

Black Identity

Materials

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Article

Keine Nebensache: Adania Shiblis politischer Roman

By: Ivana Perica

Video

Coloniality, race, and Europeanness: Britain’s borders after Brexit

By: Aleksandra Lewicki

Video

Conference: What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre - day 2

By: Polina Mackay, Marina Protrka Štimec, Mirela Dakić, Magda Potok, Vedrana Veličković, Rahul Putty

Article

“From Charlemagne to the Title of the King”: Political novel between estrangement and recognition

By: Zvonimir Glavaš

Video

Migration in the Age of Anthropocene - Interview with Mark Devenney

By: Dawid Borucki, Mark Devenney

Conference Collection

Conference collection: What is the Political Novel? Defining the Genre

By: Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles, Christoph Schaub, Patrick Eiden-Offe, Johanna-Charlotte Horst, Kyung-Ho Cha

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Migrations

Crisis

Political Corruption

Reactionism

identity politics

Processes of Disintegration