Abstract

Because of their literary works, writers have often been persecuted, put on trial, banned, libelled or publicly ridiculed throughout history. The vitriol of public opinion was mostly focused on introducing real facts into fiction, or portraying actual political figures in a caricatural way. The censorship committee of socialist Yugoslavia was itself not above putting artists or their fiction on trial. With a watchful eye, searching for “external and internal enemiesˮ, the censorship had a mission to recognize and suppress subversive artistic works. This paper analyzes the subversive character of Yugoslav “Jeans Proseˮ, genre with very specific stylistic features. The paper deals with examining the competency of literary critics that went against the “new expressionˮ of the Jeans Prose – either because of personal animosity or for ideological reasons; in addition, it shed some light on the background of the public opinion and its attitude towards so-called modern literature, aimed at incorporating capitalist ideals into Yugoslav system of values. By detecting suspect elements in the most prominent novels of Yugoslav Jeans Prose (Čangi; Kužiš, stari moj; Beleške jedne Ane), as well as examining their narrative structure in detail, the so-called damaging effects of the non-canonical Jeans Prose are delineated and debunked.

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