Пекић и Зоберн: два литерарна читања Новог завета
PEKIĆ AND ZOBERN: TWO LITERARY READINGS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, a parallel is drawn between the first novel “The Time of Miracles” (1965) by Borislav Pekić and the first novel “The Autobiography of Jesus” (2018) by the Russian writer Oleg Zobern. The focus is on interpretations of Gospel miracles and figures of Jesus Christ, which are approached with the aim of parody and demystification (Pekić), i.e. interpretations in the earthly, human plane (Zobern). Both writers build their texts on an extraordinary knowledge of the text of the Holy Scriptures, using (post) modernist mechanisms such as parody, interpolation of someone else’s text, mystification, quasi-citations, etc. Although both Pekić and Zobern have the same starting point (the New Testament text), the intention of the two novels is fundamentally different.

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