Three playwrights: similarities and differences with regard to ideas and poetics (Vladimir Velmar-Janković, Dušan Nikolajević and Borivoje Jevtić)

Abstract

This paper contains analysis of eleven plays by Vladimir Velmar-Jankovic, Dusan Nikolajevic and Borivoje Jevtic, which belong to the corpus of those pieces from the interwar period characterized by harsh criticism of the social and political reality and moral deviations of civil society. The analysis showed that the main characteristic of the socio-critical dramas written between the two wars is their social relevance and a strong ideological message that warns of disintegration of civil society and culture. Ideological-critical line in these plays dominates over dramatic plot, and social criticism is always combined with family and romantic intrigues, typical for the classic psychological drama.