Figura “novih vremena“ i povijesnih raskršća u bošnjačkoj pripovjednoj prozi preporodnog doba
The Figure of “New Times” and Historical Crossroads in Bosniak Literature of the Revival Period

Summary/Abstract: The paper treats the problems of Bosniak literature of the Revival Period with special emphasis on identification and interpretation of the “Austro- Hungarian theme” in it, which represents the entire drama and trauma of the Bosniak community of this time, or both the collective and the individual subjects in it, the drama and trauma which emerged as a result of changing the two empires – The Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Bosnia at the end of 19th century. The work is formally divided into two parts: the first part of the paper deals more with general, wider aspects of the considered problem, while the second part of the paper deals with reading the examples from Osman – Aziz’s (Osman Nuri Hadžić and Ivan Milićević’s) narrative fiction, focusing on identifying the figure of “new times” and historical crossroads as a wider mnemonic phenomenon whose integral part is the “Austro-Hungarian theme”. The conclusion that emerges in the end is that the “Austro-Hungarian theme”, but also the entire figure of “new times” and historical crossroads, is an extremely important element in Osman – Aziz’s narrative fiction too, where it achieves some of its specifics. However, it doesn’t remain only in the framework of Bosniak literature of the Revival Period, but it is also present throughout the entire later Bosniak, as well as Bosnian- Herzegovinian literature in general, during the 20th century as well.

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