Alienity complex in Dink Simunovic's novelistic oeuvre

Dinko Šimunović istaknuo se svojom prvom zbirkom pripovijedaka „Mrkodol“, u razdoblju hrvatske moderne, kao nov i vješt stvaralac. Glavni „junaci“ njegovih novela bili su slabi, povučeni i nemoćni likovi osuđeni na propast. Sam Šimunović ćutio je u velikoj mjeri tuđinstvo tokom svog odrastanja s roditeljima učiteljima. Vlastiti kompleks prenio je u svoje likove; Muljika, Rudica i kljasta Sava, o kojima će biti riječ u ovome radu, bile su u samom začetku osuđene na propast zbog svog gradskog podrijetla, pogrešne odluke ili odlaska iz sela i povratka s djetetom. Također, svoje likove i njihove osjećaje autor je povezivao s pejzažem koji se mijenjao paralelno s protagonistovim osjećajima. Na kraju je tragična sudbina za njegove likove odrasle u ruralnim sredinama neizbježna.Dinko Simunovic distinguished himself with his first collection of stories "Mrkodol", during the period of Croatian modernity, as a new and skilled creator. The main "heroes" of his novellas were weak, reclusive and powerless characters doomed. Simunovic himself was largely a member of the alienity during his upbringing with his teacher parents. He transferred his own complex to his characters; Muljika, Rudica and the squeaky Sava, about which will be the word in this work, they were doomed at the very beginning because of their city origin, wrong decision or departure from the village and return with the child. Also, the author associated his characters and their feelings with a landscape that changed in parallel with the protagonist's feelings. In the end, a tragic fate for his characters grown up in rural areas is inevitable