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LITERATURE
Robert Alagjozovski
The author is a literary critic
and a PhD candidate(ABD)
in Cultural Management
The transition through
the metaphor of the goats
To the novel The Time of the Goats by Luan Starova, edition of Tri, 2016
In the previous reviews I often would like to represent, we will not con-
spoke about the literature of the tinue to elaborate the topic of presenta-
young writers and about the op- tion of the Macedonian literature abroad.
portunities they are given through Once again we will only point out the lack
the global literary industry. Their of the first step – the reception, the cre-
penetration in the international scene is ation of news on the national scene that
an engine of the Macedonian literature a new and quality literary work has been
and culture. At the same time with the created. If we point out and argument
support of the young authors, our cul- this fact at home, with several literary re-
tural policy should have built (different) views, the presentation of the arguments
strategy for the treatment and placement abroad would even be the easier step.
of at least another two categories of writ-
ers. One are the classics of literature: In this regard, there was only a mild
Racin, Koneski, Shopov, Chingo, past response in the public that Luan Starova
and deceased giants of literature whose wrote a continuation of the novel she
work has finished. The second category made famous, The Time of Goats. And
includes the bards of the Macedonian lit- The Time of Goats is not only a successful
erature. These are the writers whose val- continuation, speaking with the words
ues have been proven, who still continu- of modern literary industry, where the
ously create and who are the support for serial is one of the most lucrative liter-
the reputation of the current literature ary forms, rather that it is one of the best
and the upcoming wave of young writers. novels that have been written in the past
These are writers such as Vlada Urosevic, several years. In The Time of Goats Luan
Bogomil Gjuzel, Luan Starova, Olivera Starova shows great skill to intertwine
Nikolova. Many of the bards have inter- several different literary strategies and
national glory regardless of the current approaches to the Romanesque form, and
strategies of placement and support. This thereby to retain his writing style. A char-
is usually due to established cooperations acteristic of this style is an understand-
and interests ever since the period before able, simple sentence and a linear sum-
the transition. However, the thought-out mary through which the story is retold.
way of their presentation abroad is more
in favor of the reputation of the general Book of the book
Macedonian culture than of their indi- This novel is one of the rare Macedo-
vidual values as creators. In the interest
of the book which on this occasion we nian novels characterized by a strong
so called autoreferential, that is, auto-
metatextual layer. The author decided
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