Vitomil Zupan: The war outside – The war within)

Pričujoče diplomsko delo raziskuje podobo vojne in posameznika v njej tako v bolj konkretnem smislu (vojno, v kateri se posameznik znajde) kot tudi v metaforičnem (vojno, preneseno v posameznikovo duševnost) v kontekstu proze Vitomila Zupana. Vprašanje vojne je v Zupanovem pisanju močno povezano s širšim vprašanjem odnosa med družbo oz. organizacijo in posameznikom. Konkretna vojna je tako le eno od mnogih prizorišč, na katerih se kaže omenjeni odnos. Tako v vojni kot izven nje organizacija uporablja podobna orodja za nadzor in upravljanje s posameznikom. S temi orodji zaznamuje posameznika in ga sili v vedno večje boje znotraj sebe ter v vedno večje uničevanje. Marsikateri od Zupanovih protagonistov dokončnega miru ne najde in ne more najti, posledično pa je uničen. Prav s tem, ko protagonist propade kot posameznik, pa omogoči bralcu jasnejši uvid v vojno znotraj tega posameznika in v delovanje organizacije / družbe, ki je to vojno zanetila.The thesis analyses the image of war and the individual in the face of war both in a more tangible sense (the war in which the individual is involved) and in a metaphorical sense (the war transposed into the individual\u27s psyche) in the prose of Vitomil Zupan. In both cases, the question of war in Zupan\u27s writing has proved to be strongly related to the broader question of the relationship between society or its institution and the individual. The war itself is thus only one of many possible settings in which this relationship is reflected. The institution uses similar tools to control and manage the individual in times of war as well as peace. With these tools the individual is shaped by the institution and forced into ever greater personal struggles and destructiveness. Many of Zupan\u27s protagonists do not and cannot find internal peace and are consequently destroyed. It is precisely by the protagonist\u27s downfall as an individual, however, that Zupan gives the reader a clearer insight into the war within that individual and into the workings of the institution/society that ignited it