Класична традиција у Гласнику Друштва српске словесности

Abstract

Теме из античке књижевности и културе, у ширем смислу речи, које су биле заступљене у Гласнику Друштва српске словесности, предмет су овога краткога осврта. Оне се могу сврстати у две целине: теме које су непосредно ослоњене на текстове античких аутора с једне и теме које се посредно јављају као сведочанства о непрекинутом трајању и деловању класичне традиције у српској школи и књизи.

Classical tradition in the Glasnik of Society of Serbian Letters takes a significant place in this periodical, important both for Serbian books and culture. The texts of ancient authors, both Greek and Roman, were translated and commented on, but also served as a reliable support in shaping andconstructing the linguistic artistic treasure on native Serbian language. For the needs of Serbian science and culture, for schools and books, it was necessary to build an adequate terminology in order to connect with the antique from one side, and classical heritage from the other. One of such terms is pobasna as a designation of the story’s moral, more specifi cally the one coming after a fable. Dositej’s paper entitled naravoucenija is actually consisted of essays and therefore our fabulist was rightfully labeled as the fi rst writer of essays in Serbian literature. Furthermore, the term pobasna additionally supports this statement.