The Play of Music in Time and Space. Vladan Desnica’s "Proljeća Ivana Galeba" Cover Image

Musikalische Spiele im Raum und in der Zeit. Vladan Desnicas "Proljeća Ivana Galeba"
The Play of Music in Time and Space. Vladan Desnica’s "Proljeća Ivana Galeba"

Author(s): Davor Beganović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Music, Theory of Literature
Published by: Odsjek za germanistiku - Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Keywords: Vladan Desnica; structure of space; construction of space;

Summary/Abstract: Despite the common praxis of asserting that Desnica’s novel is defined by the temporal dimension, this article asserts the importance of its spatial dimension, developed through a disjointed suspension of linearity, signaling the performative repetition of the narrator’s traumatic experience. This poetic principle can be substantiated by Desnica’s non-fictional texts published simultaneously with "Proljeća Ivana Galeba". In these texts, the author underlines the role of the fragment which enables the spatialization of the linear. The fragment contributes to the rhythm of the text, which calls into question the strict division between literature and music.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 117-129
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: German