The relationship of knowledge, power and freedom in the Damned Yard of Ivo Andrić

Abstract

The paper deals with the relation of power, knowledge and freedom in the Damned Yard by Ivo Andric. In this sense, the multiple meanings of the dungeon have been especially observed and analyzed; its routine and possible broader meanings are stated; the elements that open the approach to work as a universal allegory, with special reference to the characters of Karađoz, police officer, Camil and Džem-Sultan. Starting from M. Fuko's attitudes, the central part, using the Karađoz's game as an example, shows the mechanism and the exercising of power which is also revealed in the police officer's actions during Camil's arrest. The final part points to the recognition of the disciplinary concept of understanding and arranging the world in stories about Camil, Džem and Karađoz.