GLAVNI LIK ROMANA ,,USTA PUNA ZEMLJE” KAO BODLEROV ,,DENDI“/THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE NOVEL “A MOUTH FULL OF EARTH” AS BAUDELAIRE’S “DANDY”

Abstract

This text presents a philosophical analysis of the novel "Mouth Full of Earth" by Branimir Šćepanović. The goal of this presentation is to show why this novel can be rightly claimed to belong to modernism, according to its ideas. The author of this text notices a link between the main character of the novel and Baudelaire's concept of "dandy". Defying social norms, the hero of the novel tries to find the "heroic in the present moment" and make a "real work of art" out of his existence, just like the goal of every Baudelaire dandy.