Андрићев Омерпаша Латас – проклетство неограниченог
Omerpasha Latas – The Novel by Ivo Andric: Curse of Boundlessness

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the nature of unfinished posthumous novel Omerpasha Latas by Ivo Andric as well with the questions concerning its main character. The theses of renegacy as the main theme is being questioned. The fictional character of Omerpasha Latas fashioned on the basis of historical facts had been constructed intentionally and unconditionally as a villain: as an embodiment of unlimited will for power and total individualism. Such total disconnection from any community doesn’t make Omer an outlaw from initial identity but the outcast from the culture itself. The absolute seclusion of the main character is being transmitted to the other characters in the novel as well: neither of them could establish a constructive relationship with the other human being. Thus, we could speak of Omerpasha Latas in terms of portraits rather than in terms of complex and developing story.

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