Janko Polić Kamov svojm je radom uznemirio duhove na hrvatskoj književnoj sceni i tako postao prokleti pjesnik i kamen spoticanja, jednom rječju Kamov svake povijesti književnosti. Cilj ovog rada je prikazati njegovo prozno stvaralaštvo, odnosno roman Isušenu kaljužu, u kontekstu vremena i prilika u kojem je nastajao u odnosu na roman 19. stoljeća na naratološkoj, stilskoj i sadržajnoj razini. Suprostavljajući se ondašnjim načelima književnog stvaranja, Kamov se služi načelima šoka, subverzivnosti, i negiranja, što će postati temeljnim odrednicama literature u sljedećim desetljećima pa ne čudi da je Isušena kaljuža u povijesti hrvatske književnosti nazvana i "anti-romanom".

Janko Polić Kamov has upset the spirits on the Croatian literary scene with his work and thus he became a damned poet and a stumbling stone; in one word, Kamov of every history of literature. The aim of this thesis is to present Kamov's prose creativity and the novel Isušena kaljuža in the context of the times and circumstances in which the novel was written, all in relation to the novel of the 19th century with focus on narratology, style and content. In opposition to the then known principles of literary creation, Kamov uses the principles of shock, subversion and denial, which will become the fundamental determinants of literature in the following decades. Hence, it is not surprising that the novel Isušena kaljuža was called „the anti-novel“ in the history of Croatian literature.