TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER THREE
the validitv of action, but also the moral jud~ement
which underpins-the choice of actions "z nilta me vile
ne vezuje ni za dobro ni za zlo" ("And nothin~
connects
me anv lon~er with ~ood or with evil" 36); "Ne znam vile
Ita je dobro, a Ita zlo" ("I no lon~er
know what is
~ood, and what evil" 31). The nature of time as felt
and expressed bv the diarist results in his loss of will
to act, thus reinforcin~
the impression that time is a
psvcholo~ical
cate~orv.
The diarist does not see his life and future as
completelv hopeless.
However, the better times will
onl~ come in a future a~e after he has ~one: "3a vidim
da 6e d06i jedno bolje stole6e.
Ono uvek dolazi" ("I
can see that a better centur~ will come. Ztis alw~s
comin~"
38); "Ali 6e d06i leple stole6e, ono uvek
dolazi" ("But a more beautiful centurv will come, it is
alw&Vs comin~"
39); "Za nama 6e d06i bolje stole6e, ono
uvek dolazi" ("After us will come a better centurv. it
is alw&Vs comin~"
40); Ni 6emo izumreti i d06i 6e bolje
stole6e. one uvek dolazi" ("We shall die and a better
centurv will come, it is alw~s comin~" 41). The
principle of simultaneitv which dominates the diarv, in
which the dominant mood is the expression of a sin~le
moment measured b~
the intensitv of the diarist's
feelin~s
and emotive responses, contrasts with this
su~~estion of an open-ended future. The diarist reveals
a ohance in hi. mood ~rom
the resicnation which
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