Priroda i ljudi u romanu Grozdanin kikot Hamze Hume
Nature and people in the novel Grozdana’s giggle by Hamza Humo

Author(s): Sanja Franković
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Bosnian Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Fakultet humanističkih nauka, Univerzitet »Džemal Bijedić« u Mostaru
Keywords: lyrical novel; mythicization of time and space; ballad and sevdalinka in the structure of the novel; mythical and Christian worldview;
Summary/Abstract: Temporal and spacial metaphors constitute the composition of the novel Grozdana’s Giggle. The change of seasons is depicted in a mythical language as an event which is always actualized as a return to illo tempore. Emotional states of the characters are compared to the images of nature, and frequent comparisons can be considered a leitmotif which gives dynamics to the novel’s chapters and follows the change of seasons. In contrast to the rural nature, the inn appears as an inner space where lyrical and epic poems are sung and collective memory is renewed. Rural worldview intertwines with the mythical and the Christian layer. The mythical story about lovers Grozdana and Grozdan is parallel to the passionate meetings of the narrator Ozren and the widow Ivanka. Mythical lovers appear both as part of the mythical narrative and in the consciousness of the characters. The Christian worldview replaces the mythical one after the tragic death of the maiden Grlica. The plot ends in the autumn when summer, people and passions die, and so does the myth – alive only in the days of bliss.

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