REMAKE PRACTICES IN THE (RE)CREATION OF GREEK IDENTITY (BASED ON “ALEXIS ZORBAS“ AND “THE COLOSSUS OF MARUSSI“)


Travelling and friendship are the foundation narrative motives of N. Kazantzakis’ famous novel “Alexis Zorbas”. But they give strong impetus to H. Miller’s pen in his world-famous travelogue “The Colossus of Marоussi”, which became a symbol of philhellenism. The two classical literary works analyze the problems of (Greek, but not only) identity from both individual and socio-cultural point of view. In this article the 237concept of the remake is understood as a (re)making or a (re)creation of the Greek identity mostly in the context of universal moral categories, which unexpectedly gave the books “Alexis Zorbas” and “The Colossus of Maroussi” a long lasting popularity.


REMAKE PRACTICES IN THE (RE)CREATION OF GREEK IDENTITY (BASED ON “ALEXIS ZORBAS“ AND “THE COLOSSUS OF MARUSSI“)

  • REMAKE PRACTICES IN THE (RE)CREATION OF GREEK IDENTITY (BASED ON “ALEXIS ZORBAS“ AND “THE COLOSSUS OF MARUSSI“)
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    • PAGE RANGE: 229 -238
    • PAGE COUNT: 10
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    • VOLUME/ISSUE: КНИГА 1
    • PUBLISHER: Institute for Literature
    • ORGANIZATION: Institute for Literature - BAS, BULGARIA
    • ISSN (Print): 2738-7631 || ISSN (Online): 2815-2999
  • REMAKE PRACTICES IN THE (RE)CREATION OF GREEK IDENTITY (BASED ON “ALEXIS ZORBAS“ AND “THE COLOSSUS OF MARUSSI“)
    Abstract:

    Travelling and friendship are the foundation narrative motives of N. Kazantzakis’ famous novel “Alexis Zorbas”. But they give strong impetus to H. Miller’s pen in his world-famous travelogue “The Colossus of Marоussi”, which became a symbol of philhellenism. The two classical literary works analyze the problems of (Greek, but not only) identity from both individual and socio-cultural point of view. In this article the 237concept of the remake is understood as a (re)making or a (re)creation of the Greek identity mostly in the context of universal moral categories, which unexpectedly gave the books “Alexis Zorbas” and “The Colossus of Maroussi” a long lasting popularity.

    Subject: From myth to literature
    Keywords: римейк, гръцка идентичност, „Алексис Зорбас“, Н. Казандзакис, „Колосът от Маруси“, Х. Милър