Abstract:The old sun, or senilia pekicianaThis paper deals with the motif of aging in the works of the Yugoslav writer Borislav Pekić 1930–1992. Pekić dedicated both an essay 1987 and the drama Five O’ Clock Tea to the theme of aging, – in both works aging is shown in a very negative light, and old people are seen in an antagonistic position towards young people. The motif of aging, however, in Pekić’s work has other connotations such as creativity “Megalos Mastoras”, uncertainty and the natural inevitability of the pa… Show more
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