More on Đuka Begović

U članku se kreće od teze da je Đuka Begović po svojoj podvojenosti tipičan lik moderne. U njegovu djelovanju neprekidno se osjeća proturječje, “njihanje” između neba (u koje je stalno zagledan) i panonskoga blata (u koji je posve uronjen). Na jednoj je strani svijest o vlastitoj iznimnosti i izdvojenosti, koju mu je neprestano usađivao otac, a na drugoj nemogućnost da pobjegne od poroka i naslijeđene “gnjile krvi”. Đuka za sebe kaže da živi zlo hotimice, znajući da je upravo takav život zlo. Njegovo je ponašanje hirovito, lišeno bilo kakve svrhovitosti, društvene odgovornosti, konstruktivnosti. Takav tip likova koji posve svjesno, slobodnim odabirom, krše društvene kodekse i građanske dužnosti i vjerno slijede samo svoje vlastite principe Lubomir Doležel naziva deontičkim tuđincima (deontic alien).The paper starts from the assumption that Đuka Begović in his ambiguity and multiplicity is a typical protagonist of modernist literature. All his actions are characterized by a sense of contradiction, of constant swinging between heaven (which he aspires to) and the Pannonian mud (which he is fully immersed in). All his life he has been torn between the awareness of his own exclusiveness and apartness, which he was imbued with by his father, and a deep sense of inability to break away from innate depravity and inherited moral corruption. Đuka admits that he deliberately chose a life of evil, knowing that such a way of life would be evil itself. His conduct is erratic, deprived of any meaning, social responsibility or purposefulness. Lubomir Doleæel referred to such characters - who consciously, by their own free will exempted themselves from social codes and civil obligations and followed their own principles - as deontic aliens