Avant-garde in Janko Polić Kamov's prose work

Diplomski se rad bavi avangardnim odrednicama Kamovljeve proze: romana Isušena kaljuža, lakrdija „Žena“, „Katastrofa“, „Odijelo“ i „Stjenica“ te novele „Sloboda“. Metodama pomnog čitanja i usporedne analize, rad ukazuje na važnost groteske, ironije i inovacije u tekstovima Janka Polića Kamova, autora koji je stvarao za trajanja moderne, ali i najavio avangardu u hrvatskoj književnosti. Prvi dio rada donosi pregled teorijskih uvida o avangardi te se oslanja na utjecajne studije Lica moderniteta (Matei Calinescu) i Teorija avangarde (Peter Bürger) kombinirajući ih s knjigama Aleksandra Flakera i Gordane Slabinac, tekstovima koji se oslanjaju na strana istraživanja, ali i na primjere iz hrvatske književnosti. Premda je avangarda sklona odricanju od tradicija, avangardni su tekstovi pisani na pozadini iste: zbog toga je u rad uključen kratki pregled moderne i avangarde (razdoblja ključnih prilikom čitanja Kamova) te pregled autorova cjelokupnog opusa. Analitički dio rada ocrtava Kamovljevo korištenje ironije i groteske te njegovu formalnu inovativnost: inovacije u motivima, pripovijedanju i tretmanu vremena.The topic of this thesis are the avant-garde elements in Kamov’s prose: the novel The Drained Swamp, farces „Woman“, „Catastrophe“, „Suit“ and „Bedbug“, and the short story „Freedom“. By relying on close reading and comparative analysis, the thesis analyzes the importance of grotesque, irony and innovation in texts of Janko Polić Kamov, an author who published during Modernism, but also announced the Avant-garde in Croatian literature. The first part of thesis provides an overview of theoretical insights about the Avant-garde, and relies on influential studies such as Five Faces of Modernity (Matei Calinescu) and Theory of the Avant-garde (Peter Bürger) combining them with books by Aleksandar Flaker and by Gordana Slabinac, texts that include the research of world literature as well as Croatian examples. Although the Avant-garde tends to renounce traditions, the texts written during that period are based on their background: hence, a brief overview of Modernism and Avant-garde is included in the thesis (key periods for reading Kamov). The thesis also details the author's entire opus. The analytical part of thesis describes Kamov's use of irony and grotesque as well as his textual innovations: novelties noticeable in motives, narration, and treatment of time