Memories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theory

The focus of this text is on the written “testimonies”, or memories, of several literature students, in which they talk about the formation of identity at school. All students attended the elective course “Literary Terms and the Study of Culture” at the Faculty of Philology, University of...

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Main Author: Kolarić Ana
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Published: Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade 2025-01-01
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description The focus of this text is on the written “testimonies”, or memories, of several literature students, in which they talk about the formation of identity at school. All students attended the elective course “Literary Terms and the Study of Culture” at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. The course syllabus specifies that one class will cover a chapter from the book Common Schools/Different Identities by Walter Feinberg, an article by Nenad Velicković on the evaluation and selection of textbooks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an analysis of specific examples from textbooks for the Serbian language and literature published in the first decade of the 21st century. In their recorded memories, the students connected the problems and themes from the aforementioned texts, as well as examples from the textbooks, with specific events that occurred in their schools, as well as outside the classroom. The personal experiences of students represent possible reactions to the dominant ideas and values offered in textbooks and school curricula in general.
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spelling doaj-art-8d41b37f255d430196dc6873da9915e72025-07-29T12:53:22ZengInstitute of Ethnography, SASA, BelgradeGlasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU0350-08612334-82592025-01-0173119122110.2298/GEI2501191K0350-08612501191KMemories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theoryKolarić Ana0Univerzitet u Beogradu, Filološki fakultetThe focus of this text is on the written “testimonies”, or memories, of several literature students, in which they talk about the formation of identity at school. All students attended the elective course “Literary Terms and the Study of Culture” at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. The course syllabus specifies that one class will cover a chapter from the book Common Schools/Different Identities by Walter Feinberg, an article by Nenad Velicković on the evaluation and selection of textbooks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an analysis of specific examples from textbooks for the Serbian language and literature published in the first decade of the 21st century. In their recorded memories, the students connected the problems and themes from the aforementioned texts, as well as examples from the textbooks, with specific events that occurred in their schools, as well as outside the classroom. The personal experiences of students represent possible reactions to the dominant ideas and values offered in textbooks and school curricula in general.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2025/0350-08612501191K.pdfidentity theoriesnational identity“culture of silence”youth cultureminority and majority culture
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Memories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theory
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identity theories
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“culture of silence”
youth culture
minority and majority culture
title Memories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theory
title_full Memories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theory
title_fullStr Memories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theory
title_full_unstemmed Memories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theory
title_short Memories from school and the formation of identity: The transformative role of (literary) theory
title_sort memories from school and the formation of identity the transformative role of literary theory
topic identity theories
national identity
“culture of silence”
youth culture
minority and majority culture
url https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2025/0350-08612501191K.pdf
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