TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER THREE
Her 1ife has been 1ed at the whim of men. and in
particu1ar the two broth.r. Aran4e1 and Vuk.
When the charact.r. introduc. th.ir own point. of
vi.w in the text. thev are not .imp1v revea1inc that
each of them mea.ure. and count. the duration and
.ucce•• ion of event. different1v. but their mea.urement
i. in it.e1f a ref1ection of the va1ue. which thev .ee
a. underpinninc their 1ive.. A. a merchant Aran4e1
va1ue. ob~ect..
and hi. vi.w of Dafina i. a. an ob~.ct
with which he has b.en ob.e •• ed ov.r a 10nc p.riod.
He
i. at la.t in a po.ition to po ••••• her. Vuk i. more
concerned with the c.n.ral we1far. of hi. peop1 •• while
hi.· wife. after the nov.ltv of·their ear1v marriace. is
a hindranc..
Hi. memori •• are condition.d bv the numb.r
and duration of the campaicn. he has fouCht. and the
dr.am of fir.t r.turninc to Serbia. and then of
emicratina to Rus.ia.
Dattina has no .uch aoal in 1itte.
and h.r happine.. i. dependent on the provi.ion made bv
men. Her memori.. are dominated b~ the chancina
attitud ••• hown to her bvthe.en in her 11tte. Time 1.
11nked to character in a1l Crn~an.k1'.
nove1 •• not
.1mp1v b.cau •• ott it. measurement 1n the con.c1ousn •• s
ott character.. but a1.0 because thev inscribe va1ues
1nto the~r
views on ti.e.
In Seobe. as in Dnevnik 0 earno~evi6u. time i.
created bV the characters. in the latter bV the
tt1ct1ona1 author. and in the ttormer bV narratina from
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