Original scientific paper

ĐUKA IVANOV MARE ŠVEL-GAMIRŠEK

Ivan Trojan orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-5194 ; Faculty of philosophy in Osijeku

Abstract

This article breaks down the less-known four-part drama by author Mara Švel-Gamiršek titled Đuka Ivanov, written at the very end of the thirties of the 20th century, and presents arguments that firmly define it as a socially engaged drama with strong naturalistic leanings. Despite hints that the play was meant to be staged at the HNK in Zagreb during the time of Julije Benešić and Aleksandar Freudenreich, Đuka Ivanov was only staged for the first time in 2015 in Osijek. With her play, Mara Švel-Gamiršek calls for a renewal of traditional values, a return to roots, preserving heritage, and points out the benefits that the earth affords us for our genuine, backbreaking work. With this comes the idea of a dramatic text with the basic tenets of Heimankunst, a literary phenomenon that could be found at the peak of German literature at the end of the first and beginning of the second decade of the 20th century, as one of the products of anti-modernist movements.

Keywords

Mara Švel-Gamiršek; dramatic text; Đuka Ivanov; engagement; naturalism; Heimatkunst

Hrčak ID:

192175

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/192175

Publication date:

8.5.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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