RELIGIJSKI MOTIVI U ROMANU POSLJEDNJI STIPANČIĆI VJENCESLAVA NOVAKA
RELIGIOUS MOTIFS IN THE NOVEL POSLJEDNJI STIPANČIĆI BY VJENCESLAV NOVA

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the topic of religious motifs in six chapters of Vjenceslav Novak’s novel Posljednji Stipančići (The Last Stipančićs). In the first chapter, the symbolism of religious objects in the Stipančićs’ house is discussed. The meaning of the cross is interpreted and the images of saints hanging on the walls of the said house are mentioned. The famous painting Majka Milosti (Mother of Mercy) (the original of which is today preserved at the shrine in Trsat) is described. In the Stipančićs’ house, objects belonging to the Christian cultural and civilizational complex and that reflect Christian symbolism (pain, suffering, temptations, as well as the faith and hope for a better world), which preserve legends and the past, tradition and memories, are in noticeable places.

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