From Myth to Territory: Vuk Karadžić, Kosovo Epics and the Role of Nineteenth-Century Intellectuals in Establishing National Narratives
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In this article, we argue that the nineteenth-century Serbian scholars had a pivotal role in establishing Kosovo as the crucial subject of Serbian literature, culture, and politics. By revisiting the formation of the Kosovo epic in the collections of Vuk Karadžić, the founder of modern Serbian culture, we trace his role in making Kosovo the foundational myth of the whole Serbian nation from the nineteenth-century surge in Romantic nationalism onwards. In particular, we scrutinize Karadžić’s editorial procedures as parts of a process of cultural inscription representing a cultural transformation that made the Kosovo epic an instance of the invention of national tradition in Eric Hobsbawm’s terms.
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Kosovo epic / Serbian oral tradition / Vuk KaradžićSource:
Hungarian Historical Review, 2016, 5, 2, 357-376Publisher:
- Budapest : Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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- Serbian musical identities within local and global frameworks: traditions, changes, challenges (RS-177004)
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https://hunghist.org/issue-current/83-articles/375-2016-2-pavlovichttps://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/11821
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Музиколошки институт САНУ / Institute of Musicology SASATY - JOUR AU - Pavlović, Aleksandar AU - Atanasovski, Srđan PY - 2016 UR - https://hunghist.org/issue-current/83-articles/375-2016-2-pavlovic UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/11821 AB - In this article, we argue that the nineteenth-century Serbian scholars had a pivotal role in establishing Kosovo as the crucial subject of Serbian literature, culture, and politics. By revisiting the formation of the Kosovo epic in the collections of Vuk Karadžić, the founder of modern Serbian culture, we trace his role in making Kosovo the foundational myth of the whole Serbian nation from the nineteenth-century surge in Romantic nationalism onwards. In particular, we scrutinize Karadžić’s editorial procedures as parts of a process of cultural inscription representing a cultural transformation that made the Kosovo epic an instance of the invention of national tradition in Eric Hobsbawm’s terms. PB - Budapest : Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences T2 - Hungarian Historical Review T1 - From Myth to Territory: Vuk Karadžić, Kosovo Epics and the Role of Nineteenth-Century Intellectuals in Establishing National Narratives SP - 357 EP - 376 VL - 5 IS - 2 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11821 ER -
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Pavlović, A.,& Atanasovski, S.. (2016). From Myth to Territory: Vuk Karadžić, Kosovo Epics and the Role of Nineteenth-Century Intellectuals in Establishing National Narratives. in Hungarian Historical Review Budapest : Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences., 5(2), 357-376. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11821
Pavlović A, Atanasovski S. From Myth to Territory: Vuk Karadžić, Kosovo Epics and the Role of Nineteenth-Century Intellectuals in Establishing National Narratives. in Hungarian Historical Review. 2016;5(2):357-376. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11821 .
Pavlović, Aleksandar, Atanasovski, Srđan, "From Myth to Territory: Vuk Karadžić, Kosovo Epics and the Role of Nineteenth-Century Intellectuals in Establishing National Narratives" in Hungarian Historical Review, 5, no. 2 (2016):357-376, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11821 .