GENRE SUBVERSIVENESS OF THE AVANT-GARDE POETRY

Text topic: cultures of resistance

Text author: Ана Стевановић

At the beginning of the 20th century, Serbian literature has created new

poetic patterns within the avant-garde framework. The basic concept of

avant-garde was the concept of rebellion: against old literary traditions,

against religion, against history, against all kinds of authorities and

ideologies. Lyrical genre was the prevailing genre because it was

suitable for poetic experiment of the avant-garde authors. By changing

the lyrical poem and attacking its form, poets were attacking the

authorities who established those principles. Based on the modern

genre theory, research is questioning texts written by Stanislav Vinaver,

Miloš Crnjanski and Rastko Petrović and their creative procedures and

acts in order to indicate the use of lyric as means of opposition and

resistance to authorities and patterns.