(Post)modernist poetics in the novel Never more by Ranko Marinković

Ovim diplomskim radom posljednji Marinkovićev roman Never more određujemo kao književno djelo koje pripada razmeđini između poetike modernizma i postmodernizma pa ga zato uvjetno nazivamo (post)modernističkim romanom. Njegova prozna organizacija ogleda se u književnim postupcima koji se odnose na poetiku modernizma, a u prvom redu misli se na defabuliziranu radnju romana koja je ispripovijedana iz perspektive glavnog lika Bartola, čija monološka svijest zauzima središnje mjesto u djelu. Bartolova svijest uvelike je opterećena sveprisutnim doživljajem smrti i strahom od iste koji dolazi kao posljedica novonastalih prilika uoči Drugog svjetskog rata. Prema tome, ratna tematika postaje dominantnom tematskom preokupacijom romaneskne zbilje i njezinih likova. Međutim, ovim romanom Marinković se približava i postmodernističkoj poetici, ponajviše u vidu uporabe intertekstualnosti kojom je prožet cijeli roman, a već sam citatni naslov, preuzet iz Poeova Gavrana, upućuje na to te pritom naglašava značenjsku simboliku koja bitno određuje ovo djelo. Također, postmodernističko u ovome romanu ogleda se i u uporabi književnih postupaka intermedijalnosti i jezičnog ludizma.With this graduation thesis, the last Marinković’s novel Never more is defined as a literary work which belongs to the boundary between modernism and post modernism. Therefore, it may be called postmodernist novel. Its prosaic organization reflects in his literary manner which refers to the poetry of modernism. First and foremost it implies plotless course of the novel told from the perspective of the main character Bartol whose stream of consciousness has the central position in this work. Bartol’s consciousness is burdened with ubiquitous experience of death and fear that comes as the consequence of the circumstances on the eve of the World War II . Consequently, the war theme becomes dominant preoccupation of romanesque reality and its characters. On the other hand, with this novel Ranko Marinković is close to the poetry of postmodernism, especially concerning the use of intertextuality which the whole novel is pervaded with. Also, the quoted title itself, taken from Poe’s The Raven, implies that, emphasizing semantic symbolism which determines this work. Postmodernist elements in this novel are also reflected in the use of literary intermedial manner and linguistic ludicity