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The study deals with two novels by a Slovak author Milo Urban entitled „Živý bič“ (1927) and „Hmly na úsvite“ (1930) in connection with Czech literature written in the same period of time. The first Urban’s novel „Živý bič“ dealing with the 1st World War was often compared to a Czech novel by Vladislav Vančura „Pole orná a válečná“ (1925). The study tries to trace back both the similarities and differences in the individual poetics of the authors and also in the context of the national literatures. From this point of view, the novel „Živý bič“ seems closer to Fráňa Šrámek’s prose. The study also deals with the novel „Hmly na úsvite“ as a type of a social novel reflecting the questions of Czech and Slovak mutual relations and co-existence.