THE THEMATIC, STRUCTURAL AND NARRATIVE FEATURES OF ILIJA JAKOVLJEVIĆ\u27S NOVEL "IN THE DARK"

Roman U mraku, kao najzrelije djelo Ilije Jakovljevića, objavljen je 1945. godine, a govori o gradu Mostaru zahvaćenom psihozom nadolazećeg Prvog svjetskog rata. Istina, taj rat više odjekuje, nego se izravno događa u Mostaru. I, unutar tog općeg, socijalno-političkog određenja, odvija se jedna intimna, ljubavna drama u vidu ljubavnog trokuta. Struktura romana je uistinu znalački građena i s obzirom na glavne i sporedne likove, i s obzirom na kompoziciju djela kao i na uži i širi ambijent odvijanja radnje. Naročite odlike ovog romana vide se u pripovjedačkim tehnikama, gdje se oblici monologiziranja pokazuju kao najčešći i stilski najefektivniji narativni oblici.The novel In the Dark, the most mature work written by Ilija Jakovljević, was published in 1945 and describes the city of Mostar entrapped by the psychosis of the coming World War I. Truth to say, that war can be said to reverberate more than it actually takes place in Mostar. An intimate, love drama in the form of a love triangle evolves within this general, socio-political context. The structure of the novel is skillfully constructed both in regards to the main and the minor characters, the composition of the work as well as the more immediate and the broader setting where the action takes is concerned. The distinctive feature of this novel is to seen in the narrative techniques where the monologues turn out to be the most frequent and stylistically most effective narrative forms