The art of survival – reflections on I. Andrić’s "Frater stories", history and philology Cover Image

Umijeće preživljavanja – razmatranja „O fratarskim pričama“ I. Andrića
The art of survival – reflections on I. Andrić’s "Frater stories", history and philology

Author(s): Mirna Brkić
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: Andrić; The Friar’s Stories; style; thematic sections

Summary/Abstract: Andrić’s Bosnia is the area that the author portraits in its variety of life and distinctive situations occurring in the private and public sphere: as the protagonists act people from different social classes, nationalities and denominations. Therefore, great narrative work of Ivo Andrić offers the possibility of classification and selection according to the different criteria. The paper shall analyze some of the thematic and stylistic aspects in The Friar’s Stories (ten Andrić’s short stories written in the period from 1923 to 1951 with the Bosnian friars acting as the main protagonists).

  • Issue Year: 13/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 173-183
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian