»Lebenskräfte in dem brodelnden Völkerchaos«
Central Europe and Miroslav Krleža’s Illyricum Sacrum

Summary/Abstract: »Illyricum sacrum« (1944) is Miroslav Krleža’s retrospection on the genesis of a cultural region marked by difference and crises. Since it is one of Krleža’s less-known texts, it has so far received only marginal critical acclaim. Nevertheless, it is an essay worth of a thorough analysis. As a part of Central Europe and due precisely to its cultural heterogeneity, ›Illyricum‹ proves to function as a microcosm within the macrocosm of the superordinate region. In the context of contemporary cultural studies, complex diachronic and synchronic socio-cultural processes shaping this microcosm correspond to the notion of a permanent border experience, which results in cultural hybridism and ambiguity.

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