„BEOGRADIZACIJA” U DRAMAMA MARATONCI TRČE POČASNI KRUG I RADOVAN TREĆI DUŠANA KOVAČEVIĆA

Abstract

The main goal of the research is the perspective of Belgrade in the plays Maratonci trče počasni krug and Radovan the Third by Dusan Kovačević. The aim of the paper is to indicate methods of dramaturgical presentation of the city, not only as location, but also as a specific social and cultural component that is striving to impose certain patterns of a character’s behaviour, and vice versa, the way that heroes themselves tend to adapt to the city order by rejecting their own identity. The two analyzed plays are situated in approximately the same time period which is why the design of the city fits into a certain historical-ideological moment in which there is a significant shift in the formation of urban consciousness dominating the characters’ identity as the main constituent.