Mojsije Silvija Strahimira Kranjčevića i Janka Polića Kamova
Mojsije by Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević and Janko Polić Kamov

Summary/Abstract: The comparative and interpretational reading in the article determines the different attitudes toward the biblical text and the motifs in the two poems written by Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević and Janko Polić Kamov, both entitled Moses. Kranjčević’s and Kamov’s Moses establish an intertextual relationship with the biblical text for creation of their new texts. For Kranjčević, the biblical text is a symbol of old material suitable for modification. For Kamov, the biblical text is a polemic opponent and an object of dispute and disproval. Kranjčević gives new meanings to Moses, in addition to whose contained in the biblical text, and extends him by ascribing a symbolic meaning to him. Kamov renounces Moses’ holiness and prophet role, perceiving him in a different way, under the principle of contrast. Both poets establish an intertextual relationship with the biblical text to innovate. Kranjčević’s Moses (1893) starts a dialog with the biblical text to say something about the world, reality, the chosen individual and the tragic of the leader. Kamov’s Moses (1905) enters into a major debate with the biblical text, which results in his dispute and negation, and even desecration and dethroning of the Jewish prophet. Intertextuality typical of fin de siècle was used in Kranjčević’s text, offering a new view of the Christian tradition, unlike the former view. Intertextuality characteristic for avant-garde was used in Kamov’s text, which debates not just the Christian cultural value system, but the cultural value system as well, treating it in a destructive and subversive manner. The application of the theory of quotation authenticates the illuminative type of quotation in both poems.

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