TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER THREE
of self in his dream.
However. the conventions of usinc
the first and third persons is "the most overworked
distinction" in literature (48).
The issue of time in
Crnjanski's first novel is closelv linked to the issue
of the self in relation to time. that is to the wavs in
which earnojevi6 sees himself in past. present. and
future.
Seobe
Crnjanski's second novel differs in manv wavs from
his first. It is is not a first-person confession.
beinc written in the third person with three major
characters. Vuk Isakovi6. his wife Dafina. and brother
Aran~el.
It contains manv passaces which are dominated
bV the point of view of the characters concerned. and
also passaces in which the narrative is dominated bv an
unseen observer.
two functions.
The unseen observer of the novel has
He links those sections which are
narrated bV the characters.
He also knows more than the
characters themselves could know. and with the benefit
of hindsicht supplies information concerninc the
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