Stanislav Krakov: Phenomenology of the inner consciousness of combat

Abstract

In this text, the work of Serbian writer Stanislav Krakov, between the two world wars, the famous, and later, due to ideological divisions, repressed and forgotten figure, is ovserverd through the lens of philosophy of existence and phenomenology. The 'philosophical' significance of Krakov's autobiographical war prose, which in the aesthetic, especially formal- innovative aspect, represented the pinnacle of the genre of that time Serbian literature, is that it can be viewed as a first-class document of phenomenological introspection of a man in situation of mortal combat; and the ragne his prose of his prose is, in some respects, without exaggeration, comparable to war prose of Ernst Jünger. But besides his authentic documentality, Krakov's writing is characterized by brilliant insights. So, on the one hand, Krakov can be viewed as a thinker of war and corporeality avant lettre, and, on the other hand, the interpretative contextualization of his prose within the aforementioned philosophical tradition helps us to better understand his literature.

U ovom tekstu djelo srpskog književnika Stanislava Krakova, između dva rata znamenite, a kasnije, zbog ideoloških podjela, potisnute i zaboravljene figure, posmatramo kroz prizmu filosofije egzistencije i fenomenologije. 'Filosofski' značaj Krakovljeve autobiografske, ratne proze, koja je u estetskom, naročito formalnom-inovativnom pogledu, predstavljala vrhunac tog žanra srpske književnosti, jeste u tome što se ona može posmatrati kao prvorazredni dokument fenomenološke introspekcije čovjeka koji se nalazi u životnoj situaciji borbe, a po izvjesnim dometima, bez pretjerivanja, uporediv sa Jingerom. No povrh autentične dokumentarnosti, Krakovljevo pisanje odlikuju brilijantni uvidi, koje od filosofski dokučenih istina ponekad razlikuje maltene samo drugačiji žanrovski kontekst. Zato se, s jedne strane, Krakov može posmatrati kao mislilac rata i tjelesnosti avant lettre, kao što, na drugoj strani, interpretativno kontekstualizovanje njegove proze unutar pomenute filosofske tradicije pomaže da se bolje razumije njegova književnost.