DESIRE TO BE AN ARTIST (Bozena SlančikovaTimrava: Velký majster)

In the novelette Veľký majster (Great Master) Timrava got rid of the conception of nationally enthusiastic country gentlemen and artists. She created rational types of artists for whom creative work is a serious occupation. She removed the bondage of the pressure caused by nationally reviving ambitions. She refused sentimental production of Romanticism presented by Vajanský and his epigones, and she creates characters, whose lives are influenced by ambitious motives, and contaminated by laziness social uselessness, parasitism. The main character steps on the pathway of self-transformation; this process is usually a part of the theme of being set free from self-complacent and became more authentic. She is not only ironic in her depiction of the creative struggle of artists; she shows a lot of empathy. Contrary to Vajanského Timrava destructs cliché, she follows up artistic process itself as she want to express what is genuine, even in a case that she shows also unflattering side of spontaneity. Her approach revives the spontaneity itself that way. This method shows different inspirational resources for artistic work. Timrava stresses subject of text. She let the main hero declare the most critical opinions. As a result of that auctorial subject is in the background without any intervention into the text. This method enables Timrava change the view on ideologically burdened character of artist and stress also negative view on artist by city people.