Tatjana Aleksić
Assistant Professor
Comparative Literature
Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Michigan
Degrees
2002 MA in English Literature and Theory, University Of Nis, Serbia
2007 Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
Principal Publications
Edited Volume: Mythistory and Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans, Tatjana Aleksić, ed., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Ltd., UK, 2007.
"The Sacrificed Subject of Rhea Galanaki's Ismail Ferik Pasha." Journal of Modern Greek Studies 27:1 (May 2009).
“National Definition through Postmodern Fragmentation: Milorad Pavic's Dictionary of the Khazars.” Slavic and East European Journal (SEEJ) 53:1 (Spring 2009).
"Grief Can only Be Written in One's Mother Tongue." Literature of Exile, Agnieszka Gutty, ed. New York, Berlin: Peter Lang Publishing, 2009.
"Disintegrating Narratives: Mock-historical Documentation in the Fiction of Dubravka Ugrešić and David Albahari." Bilgi University Press, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008.
"The Balkan Immurement Legend: Between Myth and a Nationalist Project." Mythistory and Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans, Tatjana Aleksić, ed. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Ltd., UK, 2007.
"Extricating the Self from History: Bait by David Albahari." MMLA Journal 39:2 (Fall 2006).
"Benevolent Racism: Can the Other Represent Itself?" Facta Universitatis, 2002.
Web Links
Mythistory and Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans:
WLT Review of Danilo Kis
Balkanistica Review of Dubravka Ugresic
