TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER THREE
("1 am ~~ing; down"). ,usua~l~ associated with "prozor tt
(ttwindow") throuzh which the diarist can see roots,
trees and the approach of dawn. and of ttjesen"
("autumn"). The~ sometimes refer to the time when he
was in hospital and sometimes to times when at home
writing; his diar~.
Theu hold in common an express10n of
passiv1t~ and res1g;nat10n, 'which ~ink the tempora~~u
d1sparate episodes.
Their meaninzs and sig;nificance are
enc~osed
within the consciousness or sUb-consciousness
of the diar1st himself.
Some of the more frequent motifs'occur in the f1rst
few pag;es of the d1ar~ and are repeated in the ~ast few
pag;es. The motif tts~ike cara Dulana tt ("pictures of Tsar
Dulantt) occurs 1n connect10n w1th home. fam1~~,
and the
nation. "be~e rukavice tt ("white g;~ovestt) in connection
with his mother or himsel.f., "seobe/sel.it1 se"
("emig;ration/to emig;rate tt ) in connection with his
famil~.
nation, and his own experiences of travel. awav
-,..,""" '
to war and return home,' "prazne crkve" and "zvon"
("empt~
churches" and "be!ll') are reminders of home.
Their repetition both at beg;innina and end of the diarv
aive the impression that the mood beina expressed does
not chanae substantia~~v. and siana~s the c~ose of the
diar~.
aenre.
which is otherwise an intrisicall.u open-ended
Althouzh the d1fferent episodes which he rel.ates
are express10ns of different dearees of happiness,
sadness. resiznation. there is a tendencv for him to
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