The nihilism of a rootless being – between a foreign land and homeland: the position of unbelonging in The novel about London by Milos Crnjanski Cover Image

НИХИЛИЗАМ ОБЕСКОРЕЊЕНОГ БИЋА – ИЗМЕЂУ ТУЂИНЕ И ЗАВИЧАЈА: ПОЗИЦИЈА НЕПРИПАДАЊА У РОМАНУ О ЛОНДОНУ МИЛОША ЦРЊАНСКОГ
The nihilism of a rootless being – between a foreign land and homeland: the position of unbelonging in The novel about London by Milos Crnjanski

Author(s): Slađana Jaćimović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Serbian Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: exile’s destiny; position of unbelonging; complete stranger; narrative tension; impossibility of assimilation; metamorphosis; erosion of identity; megalopolis

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses multiple positions of unbelonging of the main character of The Novel about London by Milos Crnjanski and the narrative tension which is achieved through it. Attention is drawn to different actions which bring about the impossibility of Riepnin’s assimilation, and to the process of erosion of his identity. Special attention is paid to the motif of metamorphosis, and the status of a megalopolis which acquires the characteristics of a novelistic hero.

  • Issue Year: 19/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 219-227
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Serbian