"Variations on the Theme of Central Europe" by Danilo Kiš as an Experience of Space Design [chapter]

Dmitriy Polyakov, Russian State University for the Humanities
2021 At the Crossroads of the East and the West: The Problem of Borderzone in Russian and Central European Cultures  
The focus of the paper is the essay "Variations on the Theme of Central Europe" by a Serbian author Danilo Kiš (1986). This essay raises the question of Central Europe as a special geographical, cultural and mental area. The author of the essay considers this essay as a "mental map" of the region and identifies the key components of it (according to Kish): these are the elements of the triad "human – space – time" and the most important representatives of the Central European cultural canon.
more » ... h's essay is placed in the context of numerous texts written in the 1980sby other authors (first of all, M. Kundera). It was at that time that a heated discussion about the concept of Central Europe flared up.
doi:10.31168/4465-3095-3.18 fatcat:4glexfctvvawdidv7iyoopmghu