Original scientific paper
BURNING IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES: THE MOTIF OF FIRE IN THE NOVEL "U REGISTRATURI" BY ANTE KOVAČIĆ
Mario Šimudvarac
; Filozofski fakultet Zagreb
Abstract
The motif of fire in the realistic novel U registraturi by the Croatian novelist Ante Kovačić is an important motif which has a major influence on the literary period of realism, in which it was created, as well as the novel characters and the core structure of the Romanesque work. The article comparatively describes three fires: the fire on Mate Zorković and his gizdava vila Dorica’s land, the fire in Mecena’s mansion and the fire in the registry office where the novel’s main character, Ivica Kičmanović, works. The description of fire in Kovačić’s novel generates some literary consequences so the fire motif definitely deserves to be more thoroughly studied.
Keywords
Ante Kovačić, U Registraturi; realism; novel; fire
Hrčak ID:
156750
URI
Publication date:
30.11.2015.
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