Alegorijski slojevi romana Ogled o sljepoći

master's thesis

• Title (english): Allegorical Layers of the Novel Essay on Blindness
• Author: Jasmina Vindiš
• Mentor: Stjepan Hranjec (mentor)
• Committee member: Tamara Turza-Bogdan (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Branimir Magdalenić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Stjepan Hranjec (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-07-05, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Comparative Literature

Abstract

Ogled o sljepoći roman je o neobjašnjivoj bijeloj sljepoći koja pogađa gotovo sve stanovnike neimenovanog grada. Roman prati nesreću likova koji su među prvima pogođeni sljepoćom – prvi slijepac i njegova supruga, oftalmolog (liječnik), djevojka s tamnim naočalama, razroki dječak i starac s crnim povezom. Vođa te skupine slijepaca bila je liječnikova žena, jedini lik koji čitav roman ima zdrav vid – na izravnoj i prenesenoj razini. Cijeli je roman prožet alegorijom te se može podijeliti na dva dijela. Prvi dio romana prati nedaće likova u umobolnici. Zatvaranje slijepaca u umobolnicu pokazuje kako su vladajući prema njima postupali kao prema inferiornima, prepuštajući ih samima sebi i osuđujući ih na smrt. U drugom dijelu romana prikazane su grozote koje slijepci susreću izlaskom iz umobolnice, lutajući nepoznatim gradom. Bez obzira na zastupanje ateističkih stavova, Saramago je za ovaj roman koristio Bibliju kao uporište i izvor inspiracije. Stoga su u romanu prisutni brojni elementi koji djelo povezuju s Biblijom, prvenstveno radnja romana, lik liječnikove žene koja se može poistovjetiti s pet biblijskih likova, zatim neki pojedinačni događaji, riječi i rečenice i sl.

Abstract (english)

Essay on Blindness is a novel about an inexplicable white blindness that affects almost all residents of an unnamed city. The novel follows the misfortune of the characters who are among the first to be affected by blindness – the first blind man and his wife, an ophthalmologist (doctor), a girl with dark glasses, a cock-eyed boy and an old man with a black bandage. The leader of that group of blind people was the doctor's wife, the only character who has healthy eyesight throughout the novel – on a direct and figurative level. The entire novel is imbued with allegory and can be divided into two parts. The first part of the novel follows the misfortunes of the characters in a mental hospital. The confinement of the blind in a mental hospital shows how the rulers treated them as inferiors, leaving them to fend for themselves and condemning them to death. In the second part of the novel, the horrors that blind people encounter after leaving the mental hospital, wandering through an unknown city, are shown. Regardless of the representation of the atheistic views, Saramago used the Bible as a support and source of inspiration for this novel. Therefore, the novel contains numeros elements that connect the work with the Bible, primarily the plot of the novel, the charachter of the doctor's wife who can be identified with five biblical characters, then some individual events, words and sentences, etc.

• Keywords: bijela sljepoća; alegorija; liječnikova žena kao pet biblijskih likova; Biblija
• Keywords (english): white blindess; allegory; doctor's wife as five biblical characters; Bible
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:947179
• Study programme: Title: Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study of Primary Teacher Education and Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study for Primary Teacher Education with English and German Language; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja (magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-01-10 10:02:21