TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER SEVEN
The moti~ o~ return and the impression o~ time
oharaoterised b~ the prinoiple o~ simultaneit~ sueeest
that Crnjanski's novels are dominated bV a ovolic view
o~ time. The critics whose comments were Quoted at the
beeinnine o~
these concludine remarks implv a certain
view o~ cvclic time in their sueeestion o~ a closure
which links the ends o~
the novels to their beeinnines.
However. in Crnjanski's novels t1me has numerous ~orms.
which are the e~~ects and expressions o~ consoiousness
and culture. There are moments in which the mood o~ the
character is an apprehension o~
the invisible bonds
which link the sel~ to di~~erent times, and which
illuminate a sense o~ sel~. However, the e~~ect is
itsel~ transient. The ~racmented moments have a common
bond in the rhvthms which hold them in uncertain
oonnection in each novel.
BV formulatinc experience
within the con~ines o~ their desired salvation. based on
the values whioh eive them purpose. Crnjanski's
characters draw towards a solution to the alienation
which thev feel from the wider historioal and sooial
process.
But, in doine so, thev each insoribe
themselves into personal histories which isolate
themselves ~rom others. SUOh is the ~ate.between Vuk,
Dafina, and Aranael in Seobe, between Pavle and the
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Europe o~ his dav in Drus. knjisa seoba, and between
Rjepnin and London.! The charaoter~
&re also viewed as
divided within themselves in their attempts to realise a
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