THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MYTH OF LILITH IN THE NOVEL POVRATAK FILIPA LATINOVIĆA BY MIROSLAV KRLEŽA Cover Image

РЕКОНСТРУКЦИЈА МИТА О ЛИЛИТ НА ПРИМЈЕРУ РОМАНА ПОВРАТАК ФИЛИПА ЛАТИНОВИЋА МИРОСЛАВА КРЛЕЖЕ
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MYTH OF LILITH IN THE NOVEL POVRATAK FILIPA LATINOVIĆA BY MIROSLAV KRLEŽA

Author(s): Kristina N. Topić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: Lilith; myth; archetype; woman; mythology

Summary/Abstract: In this research paper we will present what Lilith’s concept is, in what forms it appears from the earliest beginnings to the application of the Lilith motives in contemporary literature, in our case in the novel Povratak Filipa Latinovića (The Return of Filip Latinovicz) by Miroslav Krleža. We will then present an analysis of the Lilith’s properties that exist throughout centuries on the example of Krleža’s novel – swallowing, seduction. Swallowing is understood in a literal and meaningful sense because there is a conflict in the personality of the protagonist. This is seen in the plan of concrete and abstract. Seduction is understood as the result of uncontrolled bodily pleasures of all heroes in a novel.

  • Issue Year: 9/2019
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 149-163
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian