MUŠKO ODRASTANJE U POEZIJI ALEKSANDRA RISTOVIĆA I METODIČKO OBLIKOVANJE RAZUMEVANJA

The paper analyzes the theme of the growth of the male lyrical subject in the “verse novels” Lak kao pero (1988) and Neki dečak (posthumously, 1995) by Aleksandar Ristović. First, the basic thematic-motive levels of the texts are derived, the linguistic-stylistic peculiarity of the poetic expression is analyzed, the narrative fragmentariness and perspective of the lyrical subject are followed in order to describe the special identity of the boy who is depicted in the constant process of growing up and transitioning into a constructed masculine figure. Ristović’s texts are situated in the continuity of other similar poetic texts of Serbian poetry for young people, as well as within the poetically differentiated corpus of the author’s other books for adults. Special attention is paid to the methodological requirements for shaping text analysis in working with young readers, considering the specifics of the contemporary moment dominated by the need for gender sensitivity, criticism of dominant masculinity and open questions about marginalization.