Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.17234/Croatica.68.12
THE ISLAND AS TOPOS – AND A BIT MORE: A FEW “ISLAND” FRAGMENTS IN S. NOVAK, D. MILOŠ, S. KARUZA AND L. KRASZNAHORKAI ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF SLOBODAN NOVAK
Zoltán Medve
orcid.org/0000-0001-8415-9497
; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Filozofski fakultet, Osijek, Hrvatska
Sažetak
General, conventional, non-deictic meanings of the word "island" are concentratedly expressed in the island as a symbol. In a long tradition, the fundamental feature of the island (as a symbol) is, as is the case in majority of symbols, its ambivalence. In art and world literature, the island also became a topos after antiquity, and it has been present in fine art and music. In the Hungarian literature, mostly due to the geographical position of the country, works that depict the sea are very rare, much more so those with the theme of the island. Croatian authors hold a special place in the "sea-island taxonomy": with respect to the sea, they almost always discuss various aspects of the island and/or life on islands, that is, the individual’s relations to the island. In this paper, the author attempts to investigate in the works of four authors – S. Novak, D. Miloš, S. Karuza and L. Krasznahorkai – the reason behind Croatian authors depiction of the island, what role the use and non-use of island dialects plays, and why and in what way Krasznahorkai's short novel is compatible with the works of the three Croatian authors.
Ključne riječi
perception of the island; Slobodan Novak; Damir Miloš; Senko Karuza; László Krasznahorkai; language
Hrčak ID:
325706
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2024.
Posjeta: 8 *