This final thesis represents the novel Vuci which has written by Milutin Cihlar Nehajev in the period of literary modernism in croatian literature. The novel portraits the period of literary modernism, gives its characteristics and brief review of historical novel and the way it developed in croatian literature. The emphasis in this thesis was put on the novel Vuci, putting it into context of historical novel and explaining similarities and differences between Nehajev and August Šenoa. The novel Vuci represents a step away from Šenoa's model of historical novel. Milutin Cihlar Nehajev presents himself to the publici n a new light with his choice of theme and historical structure from the 16th centuary in order to completely document historical documents which he had used. The novel Vuci was portrayed to the public as a departure from Šenoa's tradition and that is why it brings new understanding of history where history is no longer portrayed as life's teacher. At the end of the novel, there is a chapter which cassifies the novel in new-historical novels.