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Changes In Post-war Belgrade In Serbian Writers' Novels

Author(s): Željka Manić
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: Belgrade; Sociology of Literature; Middle Class; Novel; Changes

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the social and ecological structure of Belgrade and the changes depicted in the novels written by Serbian writers after the Second World War. Social structure is understood as social stratification, and the emphasis is on the perception of the middle class. Ecological structure comprises the natural surroundings, technological environment, city zones, and districts. The paper is based on the novels Pilgrimage of Arsenije Njegovan by Borislav Pekić, Friends by Slobodan Selenić and Lagum by Svetlana Velmar-Janković. The intention is to show that the novel can be the source of data which are relevant to sociology. One of the researchcategories which can be identified in the sociology of literature is applied in this article: the manner in which literature should be or is the reflection of the society from which it originates.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 1355-1369
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian