Фантастична проза Ксавера Шандора Ђалског и Драгутина Илића (романи „Јанко Борисављевић” и „Секунд вечности”)
The Fantastic Prose of Ksaver Šandor Đalski and Dragutin Ilić (the Novels “Janko Borisavljević” and “Sekund večnosti”)

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this research are the two fantastic novels Janko Borisavljević and Sekund večnosti. Considering that Ksaver Šandor Đalski and Dragutin Ilić lived and wrote at the same time, this paper explores the similarities and differences between them. We have noticed that these writers used the same motif of the idealised world and that their heroes have similar characteristics and paths. Also, both writers used the same or similar symbols – symbols of eyes, flowers, water and dreams and a certain philosophical literature as a background of their prose. The similarities among these authors represent the frame of fantasy in the novels and provide a step forward into modern literature. The most obvious difference between them is in the construction of an alternative reality. While Ilić stepped entirely into fantasy, Đalski very often rationalises the fantastic elements used in the novel.

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