On identity formation and types of subversion of the (mythological) unity of the narrated

Polazeći od pretpostavke da Slobodan Novak kroz svoje romane konstruira obrazac identiteta koji se može preklapati s drugim tekstovima, odnosno dopunjavati tvoreći jedinstveni diskurzivni prostor ispripovijedanoga, autor se u ovome radu bavi konstrukcijom identiteta i tipovima podrivanja zamišljenog jedinstva u Novakovim romanima te mogućnostima koje ovako ostvareni model može potaknuti druge suvremene hrvatske pisce, u prvome redu “otočku prozu” Zorana Ferića, odnosno iščitljive obrasce konstrukcije identiteta u njegovu romanu Smrt djevojčice sa žigicama.The main assumption is that through his novels, Slobodan Novak constructs an identity pattern which may overlap with other texts, i. e. supplement them, thus creating a unique discourse space of the narrated. In this paper, the author deals with identity construction and types of subversion of the imagined unity in Novak’s novels and with the possibilities by which the model realized in this way can inspire other contemporary Croatian writers, primarily "the island fiction" written by Zoran Ferić, that is the patterns in his novel Smrt djevojčice sa žigicama (Death of a girl with the matches)