To see daimon? Presentation of selfhood in the novel Proljeća Ivana Galeba (Ivan Galeb’s Springs)

Kao što je Arendt istaknula, identitet ostaje samoj osobi skriven, poput daimona u grčkoj religiji koji čitav život prati čovjeka, uvijek ga motreći straga, preko njegova ramena, vidljiv samo drugima. Prema Nancyjevu tumačenju Heideggera, egzistent (čovjek ili tubitak) je uvijek već s-drugima, uvijek već u zajednici. Djelovanje i govor su, objašnjava Arendt, načini na koji se uključujemo u ljudski svijet, raskrivajući/izlažući vlastitu jedinstvenost i različitost. No, što znači izložiti/raskriti se? Prema Arendt, upravo priča, kao rezultat govora i djelovanja, izlaže/raskriva svoga agenta i čini njegova daimona vidljiva drugima. Kako bismo se uhvatili ukoštac s pitanjima pripovijedanja i jastva u Desničinom romanu Proljeća Ivana Galeba, uzet ćemo u obzir navedena razmatranja. Budući da je Ivan Galeb (junak i pripovjedač) umjetnik u potrazi za vlastitom umjetnošću i vlastitim identitetom, pitanja koja je postavio Blanchot u svojoj dugogodišnjoj raspravi o književnosti, bit će važan dio ovoga čitanja.According to Arendt, one\u27s identity remains hidden from the person himself/herself, like the daimon from Greek religion, that accompanies each man throughout his life, always looking over his shoulder from behind and thus visible only to others. As Nancy understands Heidegger, the existent (Man or Dasein) is always already with-others, always already within community. In Arendt\u27s view, through speech and action we insert ourselves into the human world revealing/exposing our uniqeness and distinctness to others. But, what does it mean to expose/reveal oneself? In Arendt\u27s opinion, the story, as a result of speech and deed, exposes/reveals its agent, makes one\u27s daimon visible to others. In order to address the question of storytelling and selfhood in Desnica\u27s novel Ivan Galeb’s Springs, we will take into account the aforementioned considerations. Since Ivan Galeb (the main character and narrator) is an artist in search of his art and his identity, questions raised by Blanchot in his longstanding discussion on literature will be considered in relation to the novel