Original scientific paper
THE THEMATIC, STRUCTURAL AND NARRATIVE FEATURES OF ILIJA JAKOVLJEVIĆ'S NOVEL "IN THE DARK"
Šimun Musa
Abstract
The novel In the Dark, the most mature work written by Ilija Jakovljević, was published in 1945 and describes the city of Mostar entrapped by the psychosis of the coming World War I. Truth to say, that war can be said to reverberate more than it actually takes place in Mostar. An intimate, love drama in the form of a love triangle evolves within this general, socio-political context.
The structure of the novel is skillfully constructed both in regards to the main and the minor characters, the composition of the work as well as the more immediate and the broader setting where the action takes is concerned. The distinctive feature of this novel is to seen in the narrative techniques where the monologues turn out to be the most frequent and stylistically most effective narrative forms.
Keywords
novel; Mostar; structure; composition
Hrčak ID:
17077
URI
Publication date:
12.1.2006.
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