TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER THREE
the po~nt. of v~ew of the character.. However. the
effect 1. more compl1cat.d ~n
Seobe because of the
mult~pl~c1tv of characters. The ~nd1v~dual t~me.cales
of the character. cla.h and combine in a faahion wh~ch
reveals a mult~tude of moments. Each moment has its own
duration. a. it i. narrated from a particular point of
view.
The same event when narrated from a d~fferent
point of view reveal. a ae·parate order of dUration and
.eQuence. There ~. durat~on and aeQuence. but thev do
not repre.ent total order. of t~me
absorbinc all
characters and event. ~nto
the .ame un~tv.
The ob.erver-narrator in hi. orderinc of the eventa
of the novel introduces a rhvthm Wh~ch
corre.pond. to
Jo.1povici'. de.cript~on
of time a. a .piral. He
introduce. each epi.ode before civ~nc
the narration over
to the point of view of a particular charact.r.
Tim. ia
then m.asured bv the emot~onal
and P.vcholocical
intensity f.lt bv the character. before movinc to
another charact.r. ~n Chapter Three wh.n Daf~na arr~ve.
at Aran4.l'a hous •• Aran4.l'a memori.s of his ob •••• ive
desire for his s~ater-in-law
dominate the text. Th.
narrative return. to Daf1na and howahe ap.nd. h.r daya
in his house.
The chance in point of.vi.wfrom on.
charact.r to anoth.r i. .icnall.d by the
obs.rver-narrator r.turninc the r.ad.r to Dafina's
arrival I
Goapo!a Daf~na b~la •• pr •• el~la u ku6u
.voc d.vera.Trebala ~e tu da pre!iv1.
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