Egerić’s study of Đorđe Jovanović’s literary-critical work and the nature of the anti-dogmatic critics’ attitude towards pre-war literature

Abstract

This paper primarily deals with Egerić’s interpretation of Đorđe Jovanović’s opus and aims at demonstrating that the book Reč u vremenu is not at the same standard as some of Egerić’s other achievements, primarily with respect to ideological vocabulary used therein. It is also noted that in general, such an approach towards pre-war literature was typical for modern post-war Serbian critics (up until the 1990s) and that the nature of anti-dogmatic critics’ attitudes towards pre-war writers and critics is problematised. It is also pointed out that this mainly concerns insufficiently clarified ideological relations within which there are both illogicity and inconsistency and emphasised that, in the opinion of the author, there exists not only anachronism but also unviability within such literary – historical attitudes.