Traditional beliefs in animals in the novel 'The Siege of the St. Salvation Church' by Goran Petrović: Function and meaning

Abstract

This paper examines function and meaning of traditional folk beliefs related to animals in the novel "The Siege of the Church of St. Salvation". Research is attempting to show that the folk beliefs about animals are included in creating novel structure and meaning and characterization of characters in the novel. Presence of traditional folk beliefs can be dominant or partial, it can be transformed or absent, which creates a confronted image of traditional and modern man. Research is showing in which way traditional beliefs are shaped and transformed to create novel of specific postmodern narrative structure.

Keywords

• goran petrović
• novel
• folk literature
• tradition
• folk beliefs
• animal symbolism
• postmodernism