MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM OF RANKO MARINKOVIĆ

Iako opus Ranka Marinkovića nije bogat kvantitativno, Marinković je pažljivo vagao svaku rečenicu prije nego što bi je iz imaginacije pretočio na papir i zato su sva njegova djela izrazito cijenjena i kompleksna, a sve to čini ga piscem iznimne intelektualne i eruditske vrijednosti. Njegova djela namijenjena su samo biranome čitateljstvu koji u svome intelektu ima pohranjena znanja iz gotovo svih područja ljudskoga života, od filozofije i povijesti do umijeća šaha i povijesti umjetnosti. Unatoč toj činjenici, bio je i ostao jedan od najprodavanijih hrvatskih književnika. Britak na jeziku i oštroga uma, Marinković se obrušavao na politiku i društvenu stvarnost isključivo svojim znanjem i perom, ne štedeći pritom nikoga. O njegovome stvaralaštvu nemoguće je govoriti bez referiranja na stvarnost, odnosno na politiku i društvenu stvarnost koja je u to vrijeme uvjetovala i samu literaturu. Marinković se okušao u svim rodovima i na svakome području napisao je barem jedno remek-djelo, a to uključuje i novele i drame i eseje i romane. Njegova su prva djela nastala u kontekstu modernizma i sadržavaju upravo te elemente koji su navedeni i objašnjeni u ovome radu. Sva su Marinkovićeva djela metaforična i ironijskoga karaktera. Potrebno ga je čitati više puta da bi se shvatilo kome se Marinković obraća i na što uistinu cilja svojim oštrim, simboličnim rečenicama. Društvo je sedamdesetih godina napredovalo prema razdoblju postmodernizma koje se proteže sve do današnjih dana, a iako neki postmodernizam smatraju samo nastavkom modernizma, ne može se poreći da razlika ipak ima i da su osjetne u djelima. Marinković je išao ukorak s vremenom, tako da su njegova djela nastala nakon sedamdesete godine postmodernistička, iako se već i Kiklop smatra prvom okosnicom prema tom bezvremenskom razdoblju. Marinković je bio jedan od onih pisaca koji se više služio perom, gestama i grimasama negoli riječima. Iako je oštro kritizirao odnos politike prema književnosti, bio je jedan od rijetkih pisaca koji se zalagao za mlade naraštaje i nije gubio ni vjeru ni nadu u bolju budućnost kako i književnosti, tako i teatra.Altough Ranko Marinković's oeuvre is not quantitatively rich, Marinković carefully weighed each sentence before translating it out of imagination on paper, which is why all his work are highly valued and complex, all of which make him a writer of exceptional intellectual and erudite value. His works are intended only for selected readers who have in their intellect stored knowledge from almost all areas of human life, from philosophy and history to the art of chess and art history. Despite this fact, he was and remains one of the best-selling Croatian writers. Sharp in language and keen mind, Marinković attacted politics and social reality solely with his knowledge and pen, sparing no one. Iti s impossible to talk about his work without reference to reality, that is, politics and social reality, which at the time conditioned the literature itself. Marinković tried his best in every generation and wrote at least one masterpiece in each area, including novels and plays and essays and novels. His first works were created in the context of modernism and contain precisely those elements that are citied and explained in this paper. All of Marinković's work are metaphorical and ironic. It needs to be read repeatedly to understand who Marinković is adressing and what is he really aiming for in his sharp, symbolic sentences. In the 1970s, society progressed towards a period of postmodernism that extends to the present day, and athough some consider postmodernism merely a continuation of modernism, it cannot be denied that there is a difference and are noticeable in their work. Marinković kept pace with the times, so his works created after the 1970s were postmodern, although Kiklop is already considered to be the first backbone towards the timeless period. Marinković was one of those writers who used pen, gestures and grimaces more than words. Although he sharply criticized the relationship of politics to literature, he was one of the few writers who advocated for young generations and lost neither faith nor hope for a better future in both literature and theater