Review article

Connections between Nietzsche’s Zarathustra and Krleža’s work on the example of The Days of Long Ago

Anđela Vidović orcid.org/0000-0002-7241-5569

Abstract

The main intention of this paper is to show evident connections between Nietzsche’s masterpiece Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and Krleža’s memoir entries Diary 1914–1917: The Days of Long Ago I and Diary 1918–1922 : The Days of Long Ago II. The analysis focuses on seven memoir entries from the war period of 1914 – 1918, where Zarathustra motifs are observable in Krleža’s writings. It is argued that Krleža’s reading of Zarathustra is unsystematic, impulsive and emotional, as well as that there are obvious contrasts in his interpretation: aesth/etics, life/death, creation/demolition, ecstasy/skepticism. Intimate readings of young Krleža show how he combines a close/distant relationship towards his mentor in accordance with his own po/ethic (antitetička vrteška).

Keywords

Thus Spoke Zarathustra; The Days of Long Ago; Friedrich Nietzsche; Miroslav Krleža; observable motifs; contrasts; antitetička vrteška; intimate reading

Hrčak ID:

107029

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/107029

Publication date:

19.7.2013.

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