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El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la imagen de España en la obra de Jovan Dučić (1872-1943), poeta serbio y embajador del Reino de Yugoslavia en Madrid. Su obra más importante sobre este tema es “Carta desde España”, del volumen Ciudades y quimeras. Las reflexiones sobre España se incluyen también en dos libros de ensayos, Tesoro del zar Radovan y Mañanas de Leutar. El autor no hace referencia a la actualidad, sino que se centra en la historia de España, menciona a muchos personajes históricos (gobernantes, pintores, poetas) y le otorga un lugar central a Santa Teresa de Ávila. La España representada por Dučić es un país desprovisto de belleza, lleno de dolor y sufrimiento, que recuerda la visión creada por El Greco en su cuadro Vista de Toledo.
This article analyzes prose devoted to Spain, its history and culture, written by Jovan Dučić (1872–1943), a Serbian poet, essayist and ambassador of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Madrid and Lisbon. The most important work on this topic by Dučić is “Letter from Spain” from Cities and Chimeras. The author’s reflections on Spain are also included in two volumes of philosophical essays: King Radovan’s Treasure and Leutar Mornings. In his works, Dučić does not refer to the situation in contemporary Spain or its residents. What he focuses on is mainly the history of this country. Listing many historical facts and figures associated with the past of Spain (rulers, painters, politicians, clergymen and poets), he puts St. Teresa of Ávila at the centre. In his works, he sees Spain as a country in which every form of human activity, including politics, art and, most importantly, everyday life, is subordinated to God and faith, whereas religion as the driving force of all actions has dominated the existence of inhabitants, depriving them of optimism and the joy of life. Spain represented by Dučić is a country devoid of beauty, full of pain and suffering, which resembles the gloomy vision captured by El Greco in his painting View of Toledo.
