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U svom nevelikom životnom veku od svega 35 godina, Radoje Domanović je stvorio delo koje ga svrstava na sam vrh satiričnog pripovedanja, onog koje se na oštar i beskompromisan način odnosi prema vlasti i svemu onom lošem što iz nje proizilazi. Naše Izabrane satire donose ono najpoznatije od njega – tu su Vođa, Mrtvo more, Stradija, Kraljević Marko po drugi put među Srbima... Pripovedajući o različitim temama i motivima, Domanović uvek čitaoca vodi ka jasnoj i direktnoj poenti, ka kritici društva, posebno najviših slojeva, u čijim su rukama vlast, sila i novac.
199 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1902
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Radoje Domanović
72 books31 followersRadoje Domanović was a Serbian writer and teacher, most famous for his satirical short stories.
Domanović was born in a village Ovsište which is located in Topola municipality, Šumadija District. He attended a gymnasium in Kragujevac. Some of his teachers were Pera Đorđević and Sreten Stojković, followers of Svetozar Marković, who were arrested for an attempt to take control of the local government and displaying a red flag. From 1890 to 1894, Domanović studied at the history and philology department of Belgrade's Grande Ecole (what soon became the University of Belgrade). He read some of his first works to the members of a student organization Pobratimstvo (Bloodbrothers).
In 1893, he published his first work, a short story Na mesečini (In the Moonlight), in a magazine Javor. Two years later, he got his first tenure as a lecturer in a gymnasium in Pirot. There he met Jaša Prodanović, who was transferred to that school as a punishment. At that time, Domanović joined Republikanska stranka (The Republican Party), and got married to Natalija Ristić. He took an active part to maintain the doctrine of republicanism during the time of the monarchy, was threatened repeatedly not to criticize The Establishment. After nine months, he was transferred, as a punishment on request of his political rivals, to a gymnasium in Vranje. On the same count, after a year in Vranje, he was transferred to Leskovac. Following a critical speech on the position of teachers in 1898, he was dismissed from his post, along with his wife. As a response, he wrote a short story Ukidanje strasti (The Tearing of Passion).
In 1899, he published two collections of short stories and his famous story Danga, perhaps an inspiration for Yevgeny Zamyatin's We (novel). The following year, he got a well-paying, government job as a clerk in the State's Archives. In 1902, after he published Stradija, he was again dismissed from his post. He started writing editorials for magazine Odjek (Echo). After the coup in 1903, Domanović returned to his post, and soon got a stipend to work on his stories. It was rumoured that the coup saved his life, since he was on a list for liquidation of the old government. In 1904, he started a magazine Stradija, that had 35 editions. The following year, he was appointed to the State press. He died in 1908 of tuberculosis survived by his wife and two children Zoran and Danica.
It can be said that Domanović is the diminutive Serbian Swift, if we lend ourselves to compare our writers with foreign ones. During his short literary career he succeeded in developing the great powers of the satirical novel, although some of his stories are distorted by pessimism and grime.
Domanović lived for only 35 years and did not publish much, leaving some work in manuscript form. Some of his most famous stories are:
"Danga" (Mark), a story about the author's dream of visiting an imaginary country where all people blindly follow their leaders in a dystopian society. After all of the citizens were branded on the forehead, without complaints, the story culminates when the narrator proclaims that he, as a Serb, is much braver then anybody and requests to be branded ten times.
"Ukidanje strasti" (Abolishing Passion), a satirical fiction about a legislation that outlawed passion, after which people stopped doing things like smoking, drinking, or taking political participation.
"Razmišljanje jednog običnog srpskog vola" (Reasoning of an Ordinary Serbian Ox), criticizes Serbian misuse of their history and tradition.
"Kraljević Marko po drugi put među Srbima" (Marko Kraljević Among Serbs For the Second Time), a story of a return of an epic Serbian hero.
"Mrtvo more" (Dead Sea), a story about resistance of masses against any kind of progress.
"Vođa" (The Leader), a story about people who chose a person they never saw before to lead them to a better place. After suffering through a long trip, they realized that their leader was blind.
Domanović was born in a village Ovsište which is located in Topola municipality, Šumadija District. He attended a gymnasium in Kragujevac. Some of his teachers were Pera Đorđević and Sreten Stojković, followers of Svetozar Marković, who were arrested for an attempt to take control of the local government and displaying a red flag. From 1890 to 1894, Domanović studied at the history and philology department of Belgrade's Grande Ecole (what soon became the University of Belgrade). He read some of his first works to the members of a student organization Pobratimstvo (Bloodbrothers).
In 1893, he published his first work, a short story Na mesečini (In the Moonlight), in a magazine Javor. Two years later, he got his first tenure as a lecturer in a gymnasium in Pirot. There he met Jaša Prodanović, who was transferred to that school as a punishment. At that time, Domanović joined Republikanska stranka (The Republican Party), and got married to Natalija Ristić. He took an active part to maintain the doctrine of republicanism during the time of the monarchy, was threatened repeatedly not to criticize The Establishment. After nine months, he was transferred, as a punishment on request of his political rivals, to a gymnasium in Vranje. On the same count, after a year in Vranje, he was transferred to Leskovac. Following a critical speech on the position of teachers in 1898, he was dismissed from his post, along with his wife. As a response, he wrote a short story Ukidanje strasti (The Tearing of Passion).
In 1899, he published two collections of short stories and his famous story Danga, perhaps an inspiration for Yevgeny Zamyatin's We (novel). The following year, he got a well-paying, government job as a clerk in the State's Archives. In 1902, after he published Stradija, he was again dismissed from his post. He started writing editorials for magazine Odjek (Echo). After the coup in 1903, Domanović returned to his post, and soon got a stipend to work on his stories. It was rumoured that the coup saved his life, since he was on a list for liquidation of the old government. In 1904, he started a magazine Stradija, that had 35 editions. The following year, he was appointed to the State press. He died in 1908 of tuberculosis survived by his wife and two children Zoran and Danica.
It can be said that Domanović is the diminutive Serbian Swift, if we lend ourselves to compare our writers with foreign ones. During his short literary career he succeeded in developing the great powers of the satirical novel, although some of his stories are distorted by pessimism and grime.
Domanović lived for only 35 years and did not publish much, leaving some work in manuscript form. Some of his most famous stories are:
"Danga" (Mark), a story about the author's dream of visiting an imaginary country where all people blindly follow their leaders in a dystopian society. After all of the citizens were branded on the forehead, without complaints, the story culminates when the narrator proclaims that he, as a Serb, is much braver then anybody and requests to be branded ten times.
"Ukidanje strasti" (Abolishing Passion), a satirical fiction about a legislation that outlawed passion, after which people stopped doing things like smoking, drinking, or taking political participation.
"Razmišljanje jednog običnog srpskog vola" (Reasoning of an Ordinary Serbian Ox), criticizes Serbian misuse of their history and tradition.
"Kraljević Marko po drugi put među Srbima" (Marko Kraljević Among Serbs For the Second Time), a story of a return of an epic Serbian hero.
"Mrtvo more" (Dead Sea), a story about resistance of masses against any kind of progress.
"Vođa" (The Leader), a story about people who chose a person they never saw before to lead them to a better place. After suffering through a long trip, they realized that their leader was blind.
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July 10, 2021Sve mi se čini da će ove priče biti aktuelne sve dok nas bude. :(
December 4, 2021
Nazalost veoma aktuelna tematika iako je proslo 100 godina.
Najbazicnije osobine, navike i potrebe prostih ljudi opisane na najbanalniji nacin tako da deluje smesno, kao basna za decu, dok je svako preuvelicavanje zapravo prilicno realno.
Treba uvesti kao obaveznu lektiru u svim drzavnim institucijama, pa i privatnim, na podruciju celog Balkana, da se cita na svakih nekoliko godina.
Najbazicnije osobine, navike i potrebe prostih ljudi opisane na najbanalniji nacin tako da deluje smesno, kao basna za decu, dok je svako preuvelicavanje zapravo prilicno realno.
Treba uvesti kao obaveznu lektiru u svim drzavnim institucijama, pa i privatnim, na podruciju celog Balkana, da se cita na svakih nekoliko godina.
December 26, 2017
Opste je poznato da je Radoje Domanovic bio satiricar van svog vremena i da su njegove pripovetke i satire i dan danas vrlo aktuelne. Neke price su mi se dopale manje, neke vise i realna ocena bi bila 3.5 , ali sam dala vecu jer zbog svoje iskrenosti, smelosti i realnim pogledima na situaciju i drzavu u kojoj je ziveo zasluzuje ipak nesto bolju ocenu od 3.5 . Iako mislim da zbog stila pisanja i ponekih prica se ova knjiga mozda ne bi dopala svakome, smatram da bi je trebalo procitati cisto da ljudi (koji ili ne znaju za njega ili nisu nikad imali neko interesovanje) vide da je i tada postojao neko ko je svojom umetnoscu i kreativnoscu dizao bunt protiv sistema.
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