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Modern Yugoslav Drama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2018

Wayne S. Vucinich
Wayne S. Vucinich*
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Washington, D. C.
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The repertoire of the leading Yugoslav theaters before the war concentrated on domestic works which reflected the main trends of modern dramatic presentation. Representative playwrights dealt successfully not only with the modern revolt against the conventionalized features of dramatic art, but also with the effort to raise it to a powerful medium chronicling and analyzing the basic trends in the complex social milieu of the present day.

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American Slavic and East European Review , Volume 5 , Issue 1-2 , May 1946 , pp. 1 - 18
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Copyright © Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies 1946

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References

1 Naztor, Vladimir, S Partizanima (Beograd, 1945).Google Scholar

2 Vladimir Dedijer, Dnevnik. Prvi deo od 6 aprila 1941 do 27 novembra 1942 (Beograd, 1945).

3 Polilika, September 14, 1945, p. 5.

4 For an excellent sketch of Kostić's life and work by a leading Yugoslav literary critic, see Petrović, Veljko, “Laza Kostić,” Politika, February 12, 1941.Google Scholar

5 Also wrote Benko Bot (1872) and Zvonimir, King of Croatia and Dalmatia, commemorating the 800th anniversary of the coronation of Croatia's king Zvonimir.

6 He wrote two other fairly well known dramas — Sisters (1890) and The Family Secret (1891).

7 For a detailed and expert discussion of this drama, see Selaković, M., “Cesarčeva drama o Kvaterniku,” Pregled, August-September 1940, pp. 452–457.Google Scholar

8 Poet, politician, and staunch adherent of Illyrianism. In his Matija Gubec he expressed the struggle of the people for liberation and national independence.

9 Nušić wrote a long list of dramas and is well known for his The First Case (1897), The Prince of Semberija (1910), An Average Man (1900). Much has been written on Nušić,but the following two articles are of real contribution: Pandurović, S., “Branislav Nušić,” Politika, January 18, 1941, p. 7;Google Scholar and, Jovanović, Djordje, “Nušić kroz pedeset godina srbijanskog društva,” Pregled, June 1938, pp. 322–333.Google Scholar

10 A loosely defined area bordering on the fringes of western Bosnia and southern Croatia, inhabited by a mixed Serbo-Croatian population.

11 Fotez, Marko, “Milan Begović kao dramatičar,” XX Vek, February 1939, pp. 199–210 Google Scholar, March 1939, pp. 359-369. An excellent critique of Begović and his works.

12 Krleža's war novel Croatian God Mars (1922) puts him in the category of the world's leading novelists. Much has been written on Krleža, but an especially useful source on Krleža and his works is Pečat, a periodical edited by Krleža himself. For a critical appraisal of Krleža and his works, see Vučinić, A., “Problemi Krležinih drama,” Slavia (1939), March, pp. 24–29 Google Scholar; April, pp. 16-20; May, pp. 26-30; June, pp. 29-31; July, pp. 30-32; August, pp. 26-31.

* No attempt has been made to include in this discussion all Serbo-Croat writers of drama. In addition to those mentioned above there is a number of less prominent drama writers conveniently listed in several of the standard works on Yugoslav literature and in Stanojević's Enciklopedija. Stanoje Stanojević, Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (Zagreb, 1925-1929) 4 vols. Also for a list of less prominent writers of drama see, Jevtić, Borivoje, “Sarajevski dramatičari,” Jugoslovenska Poŝta, November 24, 1940, p. 11.Google Scholar

13 In addition to general works on Slovene literature cited elsewhere, there are two valuable short surveys of Slovene drama and stage: Kreft, Branko, “O slovenačkoj drami,“ Pravda, January 6–9, 1936 Google Scholar, Supplement; Albreht, Fran, “Slovenačko kazaliŝte,” Nova Evropa, September 1, 1924, pp. 233–238 Google Scholar.

14 There are many articles on Cankar and his work, but the most important single source is Cankarjev zbornik (Ljubljana, 1921).

15 Milanović, M., “Franc Finžgar,” Politika, February 10, 1941, p. 8 Google Scholar. The article discusses Finžgar's works and their influence on Slovene literature.

16 For an excellent article on Kreft see, Rakočević, Milan F., “Dramski uspesi Bratka Krefta,” Pregled, February, 1939, pp. 83–91 Google Scholar.