Jurgio Kunčino romanas „Tūla“: postmodernizmo link /

The novel “Tūla” by Jurgis Kunčinas (1947 – 2003) presents the love story of two bohemia representatives in which Elena Nijolė Bukelienė, the literature researcher, notices the features of postmodernism. Postmodernism originated in Germany is distinguished by the characters‘ apathy for the world surrounding them, people round about, irony. It becomes the defensive means for the character who is dissatisfied with the present life and he knows that he can not change anything. The characters doubt the God, eternity, their world is decomposed, the life is understood as a game. The behaviour in Jurgis Kunčinas‘ novel is contrary – the main character loves Tūla even after his death, enjoys bohemia. She, irony, the motive of the bat help the main character of “Tūla” to escape the unsatisfying reality. Irony rises from the cheerful lifestyle, artificial relaxation but not from intellectual inducements. “Tūla” is not a work of pure magic realism since the character does not accept the reality but he escapes it drinking alcohol, seeing himself as a bat. The fact that the motive of the bat is introduced can remind of the confusion of fantasy and reality on which magic realism is based. However, the bat does not perform the function of games in “Tūla” as, for example, the dream in David Madsen’s novel “The Box of Dreams” („Sapnų dėžutė”), the bat is a necessary, important detail for the character. J. Kunčinas’ novel “Tūla” can be called the work of Lithuanian consciousness. At first sight it is possible to find the features of magic realism and postmodernism in it but it would be only the superficial notice. In “Tūla“ the following features: the confusion of the reality and fantasy, irony, the unsatisfying reality which are close to postmodernism and magic realism are based on the main character‘s fear, avoidance of the real life, problems, his hiding in the sphere of fantasy.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Mikalajūnaitė, Toma,

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lazdynas, Gintaras

• Jurgis Kunčinas ; Elena Nijolė Bukelienė ; postmodernism ; magic realism.

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

lit

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD1902590&prefLang=en_US

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vu.lt:elaba:1902590