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TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

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CHAPTER TWO<br />

izazove asocijacije istorijsko-aeoara~skoa<br />

tipa" ("the<br />

name Sumatra in this case need not evoke historical or<br />

aeoaraphical associations" 7). Radovan Vu~kovi6 reaards<br />

Crnjanski's use o~<br />

such imaaerv as a tvpical response ot<br />

his aeneration in their search tor utopia. not as a<br />

place but as an ideall<br />

Ideja sumatraizma. koja se pripisuje<br />

Crnjanskom. i bitno je obele!je njeaove<br />

tilozo~ije i kasnije. tipi~no je<br />

ekspesionisti~ka pojava i zasniva se na<br />

sintezi utopijskoa kosmizma i<br />

vitalisti~koa univerzalizma. Misao 0<br />

nekoj dalekoj nepoznatoj zeml;1i same je<br />

jedna od mnoaih utopija kOje je tada.nja<br />

mlada aeneracija u svetu. nakon<br />

stravi~nih iskustava u ratu, donela sa<br />

sobom kao neki moau6i model re.enja bez<br />

re.en;1a svo;1e dl'amatic1ne situacije (8).<br />

The idea ot sumatraism. which is ascribed<br />

to Crnjanski. and which is a ~undamental<br />

trait o~ his philosophv later too. is a<br />

tvpicallv expressionistic e~~ect and is<br />

based on a svnthesis ot a cosmic utopia<br />

and a compellina univel's.litv. The<br />

thouaht o~ a distant unknown land is onlv<br />

one o~ the manv utopi.s which the then<br />

vounaaeneration in the world. a~ter the<br />

terrible experiences in war. brouaht with<br />

them as a potential mo"el o~ the.<br />

solution wilthpyt SOlUtiSn, tor ttl"eir.<br />

dramatic situation.<br />

Aleksandar FlakeI' comes to a similar oonclusion in his<br />

book Poetika osporavanja (9). Crnjanski's use o~ suoh<br />

imaaes o~ place aenerates universal meaninas. It is not<br />

the speoit'ic plaoe whioh is siani~ioant<br />

but the wavs in<br />

which a series ot' them are assooiated bevond the svntaam<br />

ot the individual lines •. The use ot imaaes o~ plaoe<br />

expres.es p.voholoaical and emotional states WhiCh are<br />

not'" ration"l thoucht prooe •••• but irrational and<br />

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