Doticaji i suočenja II: Puškin • Tolstoj • Dostojevski • Čehov • Gorki • Andrejev • Tinjanov • Šolohov • Bulgakov • Kaverin • Nabokov • Vojnovič • Ribakov • Selimović • Dostojevski • Popa • Dizdar • Begić
Contacts and Confrontations II: Pushkin • Tolstoy • Dostoevsky • Chekhov • Gorky • Andreev • Tinjanov • Sholokhov • Bulgakov • Kaverin • Nabokov • Voynovich • Ribakov • Selimović • Dostoevsky • Popa • Dizdar • Begić

Author(s): Nazif Kusturica
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Bosnian Literature, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Slavistički komitet BiH
Keywords: Bosnian literature; Russian literature; comparative literature;
Summary/Abstract: The first edition of the second book of essays Doticaji i suočenja II (Contacts and Confrontations II) was published in the year 2002 by the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. The book begins with an essay dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin entitled In the Beginning Was Pushkin. Referring to the well-known critical evaluations of Russian researchers, who rightly call Pushkin Adam of Russian Literature and The Principle of all Principles, Nazif Kusturica shows why it is said that this great artist of words, originated in the era of romanticism, is the founder of Russian realism and modern, original Russian literature.In the essay On Tolstoy’s epopee the author explains the concept of the novel-epopee and talks about War and Peace as a unique novel, that did not find a typological relative before the novel Quietly Flows the Don by Sholokhov. Aware of his innovation in the novel structure, Tolstoy only found similarities with his work in Homer’s Iliad. Intending to show Tolstoy’s transition from epic to drama, Kusturica also talks about the features of epic in the drama The Power of Darkness, reminding that Tolstoy is also an outstanding playwright.Based on the statement that Dostoevsky’s realism is firmly marked by romance, the author shows, by the example of the novel Poor Folk, in which way Dostoevsky had rehabilitated (N. K.) the sentimental principle of his characters, on which realism challenged his right.From Gogol’s ‘The Overcoat’ to Chekhov’s ‘Case’ is an essay in which the author of the book tells about the development of the theme of the little man, comparing two typologically related models – Gogol’s Bashmachkin and Chekhov’s Belikov. Having described one of the most important themes of great realism in Russian literature in the previous essay, the author also brings an extremely informative essay about Chekhov’s stories.Chekhov dealt with topics that were of great importance for the further development of Russian literature, and some of them: the responsibility of a small man for his destiny, chameleonism, the banalization of the Russian intelligence...

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