АФРИКАНСКИТЕ МОТИВИ ВО ПОЕЗИЈАТА НА АЦО ШОПОВ / AFRICAN MOTIFS IN ACO ŠOPOV`S POETRY

Abstract

The text problematizes the use of the terms “exotic” and “esoteric” in
the context of Šopov’s poetry. Bearing in mind the time of their use, a time before the
emergence of postcolonial studies and identity studies, the text points to the intuitive
refrains from the romantic use of the terms in already existing studies devoted to African
motifs. It contains the places in Šopov’s poetry where African motifs are perceived as close
and familiar instead of distant and alien. In doing so, the universality of man’s search for
his own identity, seen in the “universal origin”, is emphasized.