Demoniacism

Dem`o`ni´a`cism


n.1.The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Albahari's Bait is narrated by a nameless character who tries to defend himself against the demoniacism of history, against death, loss, and emptiness by writing a novel.
If narration cannot produce meanings that could redeem our existence, if it does not offer consoling constructions that may help us deal with the demoniacism of history, and if it does not even help us preserve in our memory our deceased loved ones, why would we then still try to narrate?
The demoniacism of history and promise of aesthetic redemption in David Albahari's Bait

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