THE MOTIF OF FEAR IN SHORT PROSE IN THE COLLECTION DECA

Iako nastajale u relativno dugu vremenskom razdoblju od više od dvadeset godina, kratke proze skupljene u zbirci Deca imaju nekoliko dodirnih točaka: osim što ih povezuje djetinjstvo i mladenaštvo glavnih likova, zajednički im je nazivnik, u pojedinim prozama više ili manje transparentno variran, motiv straha. Iako je strah osjećaj koji je prisutan u ljudskome životu gotovo od samoga rođenja, posebnu dimenziju i čestoću psihologijska literatura bilježi u adolescentskoj dobi. Ivo Andrić još jedanput dokazuje da je poman proučavatelj ljudskoga ponašanja i razvoja: iako piscu ni izbliza nije namjera baviti se znanstvenim problemima ovoga osjetljivog razdoblja ljudskoga postojanja, Andrić minucioznošću znanstvenika, kroz prizmu svakodnevnih malih stvari, promatra svoje likove, njihove reakcije te nas još jedanput uspijeva, kako je sâm to jednom istaknuo, „iznenaditi poznatim“. Ovaj će se rad baviti funkcijom motiva straha u kratkim prozama iz zbirke Deca.Although they were written over a long period of time of more than 20 years the short prose gathered in the collection Deca have a few common underlying themes: aside from being connected by the themes of childhood and adolescence, their common topic, in some prose more and in some less transparently varied, is the motif of fear. Although fear is an emotion which is present in human life almost from birth, special dimension and frequency are noted in adolescence in psychological literature. Ivo Andrić proves one more time that he is a mindful scholar of human behavior and growth. Although the author’s intentions are far from dealing with the scientific problems of this sensitive period of human existence, Andrić, with the meticulousness of a scientist, through the prism of everyday little things observes his characters, their reactions, and he once more manages to, as he once said, surprise us with the familiar. In this work we will deal with the function of the motif of fear in short prose in the collection Deca