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TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

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CHAPTER TWO<br />

related to the debate concernine time in modernism<br />

senerally.<br />

The s1sn1t'1cance ot' "veza" in his sumatra1st<br />

style is claritied when examined alone with his views on<br />

lansuaee and literary torms.<br />

Crn~anski<br />

himselt expresses the connection between<br />

laneuaee and ideas in "Ob~aAn~en~e<br />

'Sumatre"':<br />

Najnovija umetnost. a osob1to l1rska<br />

poezija, pretpostavlja izvesne. nove.<br />

osetljivosti. Oni koji ne moeu da diAu<br />

izvan. predratne. umetni~ke atmostere.<br />

prilaze joj uzalud.<br />

Svud se danas ose6a da su<br />

h1ljade 1 hiljade proAle kraj leAina.<br />

ruAevina. i obi Ale svet i vratile se<br />

doma. tra!e6i misli. zakone i !ivot kakvi<br />

su 611i. Tra~e61 staru. nav1klu.<br />

knj1!evnoat. poznate, udobne, senzac1je,<br />

protuma~ene m1s11. Liraku poez1ju<br />

ve~n1h, svak1dalnjih metatora, ono draco<br />

cile-mileatihova. alikova. hrizantema.<br />

koje au cvetale u naAim. nedeljnim.<br />

dodacima. Ali su dolle nove misli" novi<br />

zanos1, novi zakoni. nov1 moralit Mo!e<br />

se b1ti prot1v naa. ali pretiv naAih<br />

aadr!aja. i intensija, uzalud.<br />

The newest art. and part1cularly lyric<br />

peetrv. presupposes oertain new<br />

sensibilities. Thev who are unable to<br />

breathe outside ,the pre-war artistic<br />

atmosphere approaoh it in vain.<br />

You cet the 1'eelins evervwhere<br />

you co today that thousands upon<br />

thOusands have pass.d bV· OOrpses and,<br />

ruins, toured the world. and retUrned<br />

home searoh1ns tor the thouchts. laws.<br />

and l1te such as the~ had been.<br />

SearOh1nc tor the old, aeeustomed<br />

I1terature, the known. aat'e. aensations.<br />

the second-hand ta.o •• bt.. "".'•• 1 p ••''''<br />

of eternal. everyday metaphors, that dear<br />

old bunch ot' verses, rhymes,<br />

ohrvsanthemums which blossom in our<br />

weekly supplements. aut new thouchts.<br />

new inspirations. new laws. new morals<br />

have arrived' You can be ac.inst us. but<br />

.cainst what we write and our intentions.<br />

In,.vain.<br />

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