Etnografska fikcija : poskus celostne obravnave literarnega žanra in primer: Lačna plima Amitava Ghosha

Robnik, Primož (author), Bartulović, Alenka (mentor), Virk, Tomislav (mentor)

Diplomska naloga je poskus celostne obravnave etnografske fikcije kot literarnega žanra na presečišču etnografskega pisanja in leposlovja. Etnografska fikcija je predstavljena s historičnega in teoretskega vidika, predstavljene so različne definicije in opredelitve, razmejitve in skupne lastnosti etnografskega pisanja in fikcije ter pomen etnografske fikcije za literarno vedo in antropologijo. Obravnavano je tudi razmerje antropologija-etnografska fikcija-leposlovje. Kot primer etnografske fikcije je vsebinsko in literarno obravnavan roman Lačna plima Amitava Ghosha, ki je primerjan z etnografijo Forest of Tigers Annu Jalais. Podrobneje obravnavane teme so družbena marginaliziranost območja Sundarbans, razmerje med antropocentrističnimi in ekocentrističnimi pogledi, odnos med človekom oziroma družbo in okoljem, odnos človeka do sobitij in vpliv lokalne ekološke mitologije na človekov odnos do okolja. Avtor naloge je ob obravnavi litearure izpeljal definicijo etnografske fikcije ter potrdil domneve o obstoju skupnih lastnosti etnografskega pisanja in fikcije ter primerljivosti podatkov, ki sta jih v svojih delih predstavila Amitav Ghosh in Annu Jalais.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: literatura in antropologija, angleška književnost, etnografija, leposlovje, etnografska fikcija, Indija, antropocentrizem, ekocentrizem, diplomsko delo
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [P. Robnik]
• Year: 2018
• Number of pages: 58 f.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-104631
• UDC: 39(540):82.0
• COBISS.SI-ID: 67778402
• Publication date in RUL: 09.10.2018

ROBNIK, Primož, 2018, Etnografska fikcija : poskus celostne obravnave literarnega žanra in primer: Lačna plima Amitava Ghosha [online]. Bachelor’s thesis. Ljubljana : P. Robnik. [Accessed 19 May 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=104631

Secondary language

• Language: English

Abstract

This bachelor's thesis is an attempt of a comprehensive discussion of ethnographic fiction as a literary genre in the intersection between ethnographic writing and belletristic. Ethnographic fiction is discussed from a historical and theoretical perspective, followed by a presentation of various definitions, characterizations, delimitations and common characteristics of ethnographic writing and fiction, thus showcasing the meaning of ethnographic fiction for literature and anthropology. Incorporated in the discussion are also the relation between anthropology, ethnographic fiction and belletristic. An example of ethnographic fiction, which was subject to literary and content analysis, is Amitav Ghosh's novel The Hungry Tide, which is then compared to Annu Jalais' ethnography Forest of Tigers. Topics, discussed in further detail, are social marginalization of the area Sundarbans, the relation between anthropocentric and ecocentric views, the relationship between the human being and the environment, the human's attitude towards its co-inhabitants and the influence of the local ecological mythology on the human's relationship to the environment. The author of this thesis has, in relation to analyzing the literary examples, conducted a definition of ethnographic fiction and confirmed his postulations about the existence of common characteristics of ethnographic writing and fiction and the possibility of comparison of data, showcased in the works of Amitav Ghosh and Annu Jalais.