Lyric Subject in the Poetry of Milan Milišić Cover Image

Лирски субјект у поезији Милана Милишића
Lyric Subject in the Poetry of Milan Milišić

Author(s): Goran P. Korunović
Subject(s): Serbian Literature
Published by: Институт за књижевност и уметност
Keywords: Milan Milišić;lyric subject;persona;neoimpressionism;modernism;existentialism;irony;parable;

Summary/Abstract: The paper offers an interpretation of the key features of the dominant aspects of the lyric subject in Milan Milišić’s poetry. At the beginning, we present the theoretical basis of the analysis. The lyric I is understood as the subject of the utteringin the “fictional speech situation” (Culler), and the provisional identity of this uttering instance is recognized as the persona. Following this, we single out the characteristics of the neoimpressionist lyric subject in Milišić’s poems. As early as hisde but collection, the utterances of such a lyric I are contextualized by the borderline space positions (the seashore) and/or liminal periods of the day (dawn, dusk). Also conforming to this are the distancing from the cerebral (self)foundation and the articulation of the ephemeral sensations, most frequently achieved through luminous effects, the dynamics of light and shadow, or unstable audio stimuli. In later collections, the presence of the interrogative and emphatic utterances declines, butthe relativization of the border between the lyric I and non-I and staying in the positions of the diminished ideological and symbolic implications are more frequent, i.e. the lyric I is striving towards deterritorialization.

  • Issue Year: 51/2019
  • Issue No: 167
  • Page Range: 139-160
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian