Review article
THE POETIC PORTRAIT OF BRANIMIR ŠĆEPANOVIĆ IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN MONTENEGRIN PROSE
Sofija Kalezić-Đuričković
; Fakultet za crnogorski jezik i književnost, Cetinje, Crna Gora
Abstract
The three novels of Branimir Šćepanović (Podgorica, 1937) – The Shameful summer, A Mouth Full of Earth and Redemption, as well as his short stories, among which the best is Mr. Goluza’s Death, although being different in their structure, in terms of their motifs and meaning are in fact compatible works. In his prose, Šćepanović assimilates a harmonious blend of his original literary talent and the traditional spatial base of his country, whose ambience is in harmony with the convincing psychological portrait of the hero. The lyrical paragraphs are
inspirational and expressive, and all his works, including screenwriting and films, are coated with a specific kind of philosophy that allows for more interpretations of the text, thus elevating the meaning to a universal level. The blurred line between the unreal and the possible makes the narrative situations absurd and bizarre; reality and fiction alternate and the plot seems to be located in a new, unusual and
disarticulated reality. The primary factor which predisposes Šćepanović’s heroes to a tragic epilogue is their obsessive return to their homeland.
Keywords
novel; modernism; return; homeland; individual; mass; atmosphere
Hrčak ID:
154847
URI
Publication date:
19.2.2016.
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