GOTHIC MOTIVES IN RIKARD FLIEDER JORGOVANIC’S SHORT STORIES Cover Image

GOTIČKI MOTIVI U PRIPOVIJETKAMA RIKARDA FLIEDERA JORGOVANIĆA
GOTHIC MOTIVES IN RIKARD FLIEDER JORGOVANIC’S SHORT STORIES

Author(s): Magdalena Blažević
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Croatian Literature
Published by: Sveučilište u Mostaru i Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Keywords: romanticism; gothic literature; gothic motives

Summary/Abstract: Rikard Jorgovanic is a unique character of Croatian literature. In the time of Senoa’s realism, when writers used to choose the topics from Croatian reality, Jorgovanic’s romantic writing style was based on the motives and techniques characteristic for gothic literature while he took a psychological approach to the analysis of his characters. Critics were divided on the value of his works, as he was reproached for triviality and wrong choice of topics. However, with his motives and figures of speech he can be related to Edgar Allan Poe, the master of horror and suspense fiction.

  • Issue Year: 19/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 91-101
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian