Ženski ideološki roman i novi pogled na ratnu tematiku u romanu Grozdane Olujić Preživeti do sutra

Abstract

The paper examines the ideological context of Grozdana Olujić’s novel Preživeti do sutra [Survive until tomorrow]. The subtext of the novel ‒ an implicite critique of the dominant ideology, as well as a powerful anti-war idea ‒ contributed to the author’s decision not to publish the novel at the time it was written (1959‒1962). The paper analyses some ideological “crisis points” of the novel which shed a different light on several proclaimed “truths” (the protests of 27th March 1941; ideology as a way of dehumanization ‒ the character of Crni; partisans’ military actions which resulted in German retaliation) and introduce certain long-lasting taboos into Serbian literature (ustasha genocide against Serbs in Croatia, the Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in 1944, etc.).