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Spatiο-temporal landscapes in subjugated Greece, Despoina Dimaki and Athanasia Katsa
This paper examines perception of the spatial and temporal landscape as described in Kolokotronis’ Memoirs, offering the specifics of a spatio-temporal background at the time of the Greek War of Independence. It explores specific references to space and time in the narration, viewed in the light of Bakhtin’s chronotope (1937) theory. The Greek landscape outlined through references to mountainous areas and flatlands appears to be a defining aspect of the Greek agrarian society and of the war outcome. With time being expressed through natural phenomena and space, we observe an interrelation between the two concepts in the mind of the narrator. A close reading of the text indicates how these concepts are inextricably intertwined and to what extent they uniquely contributed to shaping socio-historical events.
