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Nove
Kao jedna od retkih žena koja je s početka XX veka zakoračila u svet turskih harema, Jelena J. Dimitrijević je u svom zamašnom, premda danas zaboravljenom, opusu opisala omamljujući san o Istoku. Roman Nove, prvi put objavljen 1912, posvećen je mladim Turkinjama u Solunu – novim ženama koje stoje razapete između Istoka i Zapada, starog i novog, tradicionalnog i modernog. U pozadini prikazanih sudbina odigrava se istorijski značajan trenutak u kojem se tradicionalno utemeljen svet neumitno menja. Prijemčiv i zavodljiv pripovedni stil, protkan ispovednim i epistolarnim formama, Nove je učinio postvarenjem nestalog sveta turskih harema.
284 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1912
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About the author
Jelena Dimitrijević
21 books6 followersJelena Dimitrijević was a serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist, and a polyglot.
Dimitrijević travelled widely, describing her experiences of Greece, India, Egypt, and America in a series of books. She devoted her energies in quite early life (1881–1898) to the study of Muslim women, and published in 1897 her Pisma iz Niša o haremima. Among her achievements were gaining an understanding of the lives of Turkish women, including access to the private world of the harem, and undertaking a journey round the world in her sixties. Such portraits are a valuable counter to the narrow conceptions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century feminism which sees it firmly rooted in north-west Europe and North America. Her most important novel Nove (New Women); deals with the dilemmas facing educated Muslim women in the twentieth century in relation to their traditional way of life. For Nove Dimitrijevic won the prestigious Matica Srpska prize for literature in 1912
Dimitrijević travelled widely, describing her experiences of Greece, India, Egypt, and America in a series of books. She devoted her energies in quite early life (1881–1898) to the study of Muslim women, and published in 1897 her Pisma iz Niša o haremima. Among her achievements were gaining an understanding of the lives of Turkish women, including access to the private world of the harem, and undertaking a journey round the world in her sixties. Such portraits are a valuable counter to the narrow conceptions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century feminism which sees it firmly rooted in north-west Europe and North America. Her most important novel Nove (New Women); deals with the dilemmas facing educated Muslim women in the twentieth century in relation to their traditional way of life. For Nove Dimitrijevic won the prestigious Matica Srpska prize for literature in 1912
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August 18, 2025
Za mene je ovaj roman potpuno otkrovenje. Kakva šteta što je tako dugo bio zaboravljen u našoj književnosti. Jelena Dimitrijević je pre više od jednog veka napisala jedan istinski feministički roman, pisan iz perspektive Turkinja. Zahvaljujući njenom opsežnom istraživanju harema, uspela je da napiše jedan zaista slojevit roman o položaju žena u muslimanskom svetu koji je, čini mi se, i dalje aktuelan. U romanu su prisutne i druge teme, poput kulturnog transfera, idealizacije zapadne kulture, a zatim osećaja nostalgije za sopstvenom kulturom. Na kraju, roman je napisan pitko, lako se čita i radnja je dinamična. Najtoplija preporuka.
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