ODLIKE ANDRIĆEVE “ZAR-REČENICE”
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF ANDRIĆ’S “ZAR” SENTENCES

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the so-called “zar” sentences in Ivo Andrić’s oeuvre. The sample of 133 sentences is divided into those which appear in dialogues, those which appear in monologues and those which appear close to each other in the same paragraph. This method has enabled analysing the usage of the particle “zar” and the function of “zar” sentences in descriptions of narrated events. Accordingly, the paper argues that Andrić rarely uses the particle “zar” in a standard interrogative sentence which is followed by a response; instead, he tends to use it in the form of a rhetorical question following which there is usually no dialogical response or commentary, which can be found in monologues.

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