METATEXTUALITY IN THE IVAN SLAMNIG’S NOVEL "BETTER PART OF VALOUR" (BOLJA POLOVICA HRABROSTI)

Tema su ovoga rada implicitni i eksplicitni postupci kojima djelo svjesno samoga sebe gradi svoj kritički komentar. U diskursu se romana Bolje polovice hrabrosti Ivana Slamniga uočavaju i opisuju oblici dijegetske (diegetic selfconsciousness) i lingvističke (linguistic selfconsciousness) samosvijesti teksta. Uočava se da su u romanu prisutni otvoreni oblici (overt forms) dijegetske i lingvističke samosvijesti te aktualizirani oblik (covert forms) dijegetske samosvijesti. Analizira se mise-en-abîme (priča u priči), parodija, alegorija i raznovrsni načini praćenja procesa nastajanja romana; tematiziranje lingvističkog koda u okviru romana i aktualiziranje narativnih modela detektivskoga romana što nas upućuje prema značenju Bolje polovice hrabrosti za hrvatsku fantastičnu prozu.Implicit and explicit methods that are used for a specifi c literary work to build itself and its own critical commentary, are the theme of this paper. In the discourse of Better Part of Valour, diegetic and linguistic selfconsciousness of the text are recognized and described. It is also recognized that the novel has overt forms of linguistic and diegetic selfconsciousness and covert form of diegetic selfconsciousness. Th ere is analysis of mise en abyme (story in the story), allegory and various ways of monitoring the process of formation of the novel; tematic linguistic codes in the novel and the actualization of narrative model of detective and love novels