Ivo Andrić in Canon: Identities in Prokleta Avlija

Problem smještanja autora u nacionalni književni kanon jedno je od važnijih pitanja moderne znanosti o književnosti s obzirom da se pojam nacije i države uvelike mijenjao. Rad se bavi istraživanjem uloge književnika Ive Andrića u hrvatskom nacionalnom kanonu. Andrić kao književnik i javna osoba oduvijek je izazivao polemike. Usprkos svemu, njegova se važnost ne može zanemariti. Rad prikazuje elemente identiteta kroz analizu likova romana Prokleta avlija (1954.). Dobitnik Nobelove nagrade za književnost 1961., s obzirom na cjelinu opusa, Andrić je punu estetsku dimenziju dosegnuo - drukčije od uvriježenoga mnijenja u svjetskoj recepciji - upravo romanom Prokleta avlija koji je danas dio srednjoškolske lektire hrvatske književnosti. Struktura romana odražava autorovu odluku da u središte pozornosti postavi pitanja identiteta, a ona su se s povijesno-političkim vremenskim odmakom zrcalila u pitanjima kanonaThe problem of placing an author into one national literary canon is one of the more important dilemmas of modern literary science due to the fact that the concepts of state and nation have been subject to many changes. This research paper deals with exploring the role of author Ivo Andrić in Croatian literary canon. Andrić as an author and public figure has always caused controversy to which he contributed himself with his literary and public political work. Despite this fact, his value and importance cannot be ignored. The paper will approach the elements of identity of his characters in the novel Prokleta avlija published in 1954. The 1961 Nobel Prize laureate, taking into regard the magnitude of his work, Andrić has reached his full aesthetical dimension, different from the accepted opinions in world reception, in the novel Prokleta avlija which is today part of the mandatory high school reading list in Croatia. The structure of the novel reflects the author’s decision to place, in the focus of the novel, the questions of identity which have mirrored in the question of canon with a temporal and political distanc