TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER ONE
verv d~fferent sentence structures wh~ch character~se
the two nove1s (105). Others have cons~dered the t~me
between the appearances of the two nove1s as mark~nz
the
division between two creat~ve periods ~n Crnjanski's
lite. while maintaininc that the two periods are
connected both ~n
terms of Crnjanski's narrative stv1e
and the sUbject matter of the two novels (106).
Much of
the difference between the two novels has been described
in terms of zreater lvricism in Seobe. and a zreater
interest in the historical backcround and inclusion of
an epic flavour in Druca kn~iza seoba (107).
Crnjansk~ draws on his experience as an ~mizre in
London for his last novel. Roman 0 Londonu. It
concerns the plicht of an em1cr' Russian aristocrat.
Prince Nikolaj ROdionovia Rjepnin. who is forced to
leave Russia shortlvafter the October revolution.
While waitinc at Kerch to be evacuated. he. catches sicht
of a vounc zirl. Na4a. a1so waitinz on.the Qu&Vside.
She is seventeen. and ten vears vouncer than Rjepnin.
but soon to become his wife.
He and Na4a live in
variouscities.on the continent. and move from Paris to
London in 1940 because of th.e war •.. The n.ovel tells
their storv from the becinninc of 1947 to late 1948.
It
i. difficult to be sure about the preci.e chronolozv of
the storV.
Sveto%ar Koljevi6 describe. the PrOblem of
the "temporal cross'""\Z'et'erence." in the novel. (1.08).
Tracinc the vear ot' their arrival from comments made bV