Elements of avant-garde utopic narrative in Todor Manojlović's dramas the Centrifugal dancer and Piero the Surrealist or Wedding on the moon

Abstract

This paper presents an attempt to give an overview of those elements of avant-garde poetics which create utopic narratives. At first are given the certain points of the avant-garde, which open the possibility to utopic models. Hence, some of the most representative writers are analyzed. In the central part of this paper the work of Todor Manojlović is presented with a specific overview of his dramas. The Centrifugal Dancer and Piero the Surrealist or Wedding on the Moon are to be analyzed in order to prove that there is a very strong avant-garde impact on them which leads them in the area of utopic literature.

Keywords

• todor manojlović
• avant-garde
• utopia
• the centrifugal dancer
• piero the surrealist or wedding on the moon