The central part of this final paper is dedicated to the analysis of the patriarch's complexes in the novel Kurlani of Mirko Božić.At the very beginning of the paper Božić's short biography is shown, as well as his literary creativity.Furthermore, the day represents the insight of this novel's genre's features and is also placed in the context of the time period it belongs to, which is the second part of Modernist Literature. What's special about Božić's style is that he manages to connect realistic, nature and modern styles all together. With his realistic showcasing of village men from Dalmatian hills, he remains remembered as one of the biggest representatives of Nature Literature in the time frame of Croatian Modern Literature. Second part of his work is dedicated to displaying patriarchs' history, as well as their main features. Subsequently, the analysis of patriarch's issues in the novel follow, alongside with support of citations directly derived from the piece. In the sequence of plastically pictured characters, the one's that stand out the most are women Perka, Anđelija, Gara and Ada, which hold the burden of being the patriarchs and carry the conceptal idea of the story.Taking all of this into consideration, the paper will be based on the in-depth analysis of the main characters as well as an analysis of the main features of the remaining characters, the people from the karst and rocky landscape.