Elements of Dramatic Symbolism in the Poetics of Miodrag Žalica Cover Image

Elementi dramskog simbolizma u poetici Miodraga Žalice
Elements of Dramatic Symbolism in the Poetics of Miodrag Žalica

Author(s): Matija Bošnjak
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Bosnian Literature
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: Miodrag Žalica; modern drama; symbolism; symbol; St. George, rebirth; fertility;

Summary/Abstract: In the literary and theatrical critique of his time (second half of the 20th century), Miodrag Žalica was recognized as a representative of symbolist poetics in Bosnian-Herzegovinian drama. The features of Žalica’s dramatic symbolism have, however, rarely been observed through analyzing the technique of his dramatic works in concreto. The Piece Mirišu li jorgovani u Njujorku, written in 1988, certainly represents the culmination of Žalica’s poetics, and is, in that sense, suitable for an analysis of the symbolic network as a specific trademark of his authorship with regards to the poetics of symbolism in European modern drama at the turn of the 19th to 20th century.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2021
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 43-58
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian