Ispreplitanje autobiografije, historije i kulture u romanu Liber memorabilium Ivana Lovrenovića
Intertwining of autobiography, history and culture in the novel Liber memorabilium by Ivan Lovrenović

Summary/Abstract: Through the analysis of the novel Liber memorabilium by Ivan Lovrenović, the author presents its socio‑historical and ideological context, the position of the narrator, the influence of worldview on the formation of the story and the development of characters, autobiographical elements as well as the echo of the current literary period. The center of the novelistic narration is the reconstruction of the biography of the father who disappeared in WWII, as well as the revival of destroyed documents from the previous war in Bosnia. Taking this into account, the author emphasizes the cultural dimension of the text and asserts that this is a work in which the humanist values are juxtaposed to militant wefts. Furthermore, the author explains why Liber memorabilium can also be read as an autobiographical novel and family chronicle and new historical fiction as well as social drama novel. In its final consideration, the paper describes how the focus shifts from the collective to the individual and their fate in key historical events, and how Lovrenović, by choosing the method of creative reconstruction becomes subversive towards destructive ideologies and current political systems.

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