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Elements of Slavic Folklore in Serbian Contemporary Literature : Milorad Pavic’s Novel The Khazar DictionaryPavić's poetic form comprises elements of mythical perception, especially with regard to spatial logic and the use of subconscious energy. The mystification of the poetic image is, moreover, obtained by introducing elements from Slavic mythology and folklore. In his novel The Khazar Dictionary, we note the interaction between the author' s poetic imagination and elements of Slavic mythology. His taste for ambivalence and the incertitude of the subconscious and of dreams is consistent with the nature of pagan divinities. This link is evident, notably with regard to the incorporation of figures from popular Slavic traditions into the realm of dreams. For the fantastic element of Pavić's novel derives from human fears when faced with the unexplained phenomena which the mind translates into demons and which lie buried in the subconscious as a natural heritage of human experience (archetypes). This heritage, full of the ambiguity and incertitude present in dreams, is evoked by the author who creates his own vision of a world of magical realism. Thanks to the demons, ghouls, witches, chthonian animals, ail of which constitute, according to Slavic mythology, the true reality he gives a new interpretation of this subconscious energy. The mystification of the poetic image in Pavić's novel may be interpreted as a return to the primary and essential sources of the perception of the world, which survives in folklore and popular tradition.
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