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Zoric, Vladimir
The Modern language review, 01/2005, Letnik: 100, Številka: 1Journal Article
This article discusses the structural role of legendary paradigms in three of the stories in Danilo Kiš's collection "A Tomb for Boris Davidovich." In 'The Mechanical Lions' legend is conceived as a tool of the implied prosecutor, who opposes the arguments of the protagonists' free will to those of preordination. In 'Dogs and Books' and 'A Tomb for Boris Davidovich' legend changes its role and the myth of cyclical time is invoked as an explanatory tool, connecting diverse historical persecutions into a single, determinist vision of history. However, the narrator subverts this pessimistic myth as make-believe, a mere consequence of the transformative device which is used to enhance it.
