Pär Lagerkvists modernism

undergraduate thesis

• Title (croatian): Modernizam Pära Lagerkvista
• Author: Dorotea Horvat
• Mentor: Janica Tomić (mentor)
• Committee member: Pavle Luketić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Janica Tomić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-20, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; German Studies

Abstract

Modernizam je književni i umjetnički stil obilježen prekidom višestoljetnih tradicija zbog brzog napretka u svijetu. Međutim, ljudi u tom novom svijetu dvadesetog stoljeća osjećaju se zbunjenima, izgubljenima i punim nesigurnostima. Brojni književnici dvadesetog stoljeća odlučili su iskoristiti te nesigurnosti i istražiti nove modernističke ideje te pronaći nove načine prikaza nove stvarnosti svijeta.
Jedan od tih književnika bio je i Pär Lagerkvist. U svojim se djelima poigravao s modernističkim idejama, ali je isto tako zagovarao i korištenje jednostavnih, tradicionalnih formi u književnosti. Njegov roman Baraba (1950.) bavi se pitanjima vjere i religije, što je relevantno za period modernizma s obzirom na proces sekularizacije religije, no roman također crpi inspiraciju iz biblijskog kanona. Baraba je lik koji simbolizira modernog čovjeka suočenog s problemom religije – on želi vjerovati, ali ne može.
Lagerkvistov roman je kompleksno djelo zbog svoje dualnosti između modernističkih ideja i tradicionalne forme, no zbog svog sadržaja i tematike to je djelo koje je i dan-danas u 21. stoljeću još relevantno.

Abstract (english)

Modernism is a movement marked by the breaking away from centuries-old traditions due to rapid changes in the world. People in this new modern world are left feeling confused, lost, and full of uncertainties. And many modernist writers used those uncertainties to explore modernist ideas and to find new ways of reflecting the new reality of the world.
Pär Lagerkvist was one of those writers. He explored modernist ideas in his works, but he also advocated for the use of simple, traditional forms in literature. His novel Barabbas (1950) deals with the questions of religion and faith, which is relevant for the period of modernism because of the process of secularization of religion, but it also emulates traditional form inspired by the Biblical canon. Barabbas is a character who symbolizes the modern man faced with the problem of religion – he wants to believe, but is unable to.
It is a complex work due to its dualism between modernist ideas and traditional form, but because of its content and topic, it is a work that can still be relevant today in the twenty-first century.

• Keywords: modernizam; Pär Lagerkvist; Baraba
• Keywords (english): modernism; Pär Lagerkvist; Barabbas
• Language: swedish
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:015127
• Study programme: Title: Swedish Language and Culture (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) švedskog jezika i kulture (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) švedskog jezika i kulture)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-09-20 07:02:30