HALO OF THE STORY
HALO OF THE STORY
Author(s): Jelena Đ. Marićević BalaćContributor(s): Jovana Stokić (Translator)
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Serbian Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Goran Petrović; Ikonostas; Papir; Delta Novel; Iconostasis of the Entire Known World; contemporary Serbian literature; narrative structure; poetic style;
Summary/Abstract: Goran Petrović published two novels, Ikonostas (Iconostasis) and Papir (Paper) in 2022, which, along with the latter, constitute “the ‘Delta Novel’, taken collectively and separately by its books”, as stated at the beginning of the novel Ikonostas sveg poznatog sveta (Iconostasis of the Entire Known World). Poetically and stylistically, Goran Petrović is persuasive and recognizable. The chapters are carefully structured and each begins with an almost gnomic point, which functions as a “hawk” in front of Boccaccio’s novella and provokes interpretative attention. Sovereign storytelling, rich imagination and the creation of an authentic novelistic world confirm that Iconostasis deserves the reader’s attention in the broadest sense.
Journal: Literary Links of Matica srpska
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 12-13
- Page Range: 124-126
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English
