Konstrukt urbanog u romanu Kiša i hartija Vladimira Tasića

Abstract

The urban construct formed in Tasić’s novel Kiša i hartija is a cultural and aesthetic construct. In connection to the main characters, the urban space around them also shows that it affects their identities. They occupy positions within the contrasting oppositions my own/somebody else’s and old/new. An urban construct is formed through the communication between characters and through their own self-observations. The oppositions outdoors/indoors and, especially, centre/periphery mark the significance of movement for the images of the city. Urban images also have an existential meaning, particularly those connected with the performance Clio and Terpsichore, in which the city rhythm and an existential human cry are united. The visual layer of this performance contributes to pondering over the problem of claiming the right to the city.