Nušić's Autobiography: From parabolic laughter to allegorical tragedy

Abstract

Nearly all chapters of Nušić’s Autobiography mention, directly or indirectly, the facts of dying and death. The chapter 'The Army' mentions death when a man’s height is measured. In Nušić’s work, the hero is almost always left with a sense of defeat. If the tragedies end with no possibility of an aftermath, the genre of Autobiography is questionable - it ends with the deceased being interviewed. From a present viewpoint, it can be argued (with many arguments) that we can discern a way from parabolic laughter to tragic allegory.

Gotovo da nema poglavlja Nušićeve Autobiografije u kome se ne govori, posredno ili neposredno, o činjenicama umiranja i smrti. I u odeljku 'Vojska' smrt se pominje kada čoveku uzimaju meru. U Nušićevom delu skoro da nema mesta u kome se junak ne oseća poraženo. Ako se tragedije završavaju tako da posle njih ništa ne predstoji, kom žanru, onda, pripada Autobiografija u kojoj pokojnik, na kraju, daje intervju. Sa današnje distance u tome može, sa mnogo dokaza, da se vidi put od paraboličnosti smeha do alegorizma tragedije.