NEW MONTENEGRIN LITERATURE AS A CHRONICLE OF RECENT BALKAN WARS

The paper discusses the relationship of new Montenegrin literature to the wartime past of the early nineties. Features of the new Montenegrin novel are analysed based on the novels Auschwitz Cafe by Dragan Radulovic, Mimesis by Andrej Nikolaidis and The Life and Death of Milan Junak by Vojislav Pejovic. The readers may notice the common features such as socially engaged text, autobiography, numerous popular culture references, anti-heroes and superheroes as protagonists, a deviation from the traditional epic reasoning, as well as the continuation of previous literary forms.