LIRSKI (POETSKI) ROMAN U CRNOGORSKOJ KNJIŽEVNOSTI (DO 1950. GODINE)
THE LYRIC (POETIC) NOVEL IN MONTENEGRIN LITERATURE (UP TO 1950)

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the early development of the lyric—or poetic—novel within Montenegrin literature, focusing on formative instances of this narrative mode up to the year 1950. The emergence of lyrical narration can be discerned as early as Nevidbog (1933), the first Montenegrin novel authored by Risto Ratković. Within the diachronic evolution of the Montenegrin novel, we identify the lyric novel as a distinct subtype, characterized by the marked presence of lyrical encoding within its narrative structure. In the period analyzed in the first volume of A History of the Montenegrin Novel—from its literary inception to 1950—we have identified two novels constructed in accordance with this model. While this narrative form reaches its full aesthetic and productive realization in the postwar modernist era, its early iterations warrant particular attention for their foundational role. Accordingly, this study centers on two representative works: Nevidbog (1933) by Risto Ratković and The Garden of the Lost (1928) by Vasilije Leković, examining their lyrical architecture and narrative particularities.

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