TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER SEVEN
character or~anises
the events of the novel in ways
which hi~hli~ht the si~nificance of events differently.
The impression is ~iven
structures, fra~mented
of time as a series of competin~
amon~st .the characters.
While his style and use of lan~ua~e
is a consistent
feature of his novels, there is a development in the
complexity of voice.
In Chapter Pour we examined the
way in which his two final novela, Oru~a knji~a seoba
and Roman 0
Londonu rely on voice for their
compositional coherence in relation to time.
Each voice
is situated at a different point in time in relation to
the events which it describes, and narrates the events
with different emphases on their sequence and duration.
In Oru~a knji~a seoQa there is a conflict between time
as conceived by Pavle and time as conceived by the
institutions which he serves.
Pavle has a certain view
of history, of his place within that history, and of the
place of the Serbian nation. which is at odds with the
demands of the empires which he serves, and with the
emer.in~
European culture with which he feels no
affinity. Rjepnin, in Crnjanski's last novel, Roman 0
Londonu, is also in conflict with the dominant oulture
surroundin~ him in post-war London. However, the
emphasis in this novel falls on the conflictin~ voices
within him.
to or~anise
They offer various ways in which he is able
and retlect on his past. present. and
future. These inner voices. as in Onevnik 0
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