Павле Поповић о старим српским биографијама

Abstract

У овом раду аутор представља своје резултате у истраживању доприноса Павла Поповића проучавању старих српских биографија. Он хронолошки прати и анализира Поповићеве студије и радове у којима је реч о српским биографима и њиховим делима. Посебно се задржава на Преgлеɡу сtаре књижевносtи (објављен у „Српском књижевном гласнику“ 1907), где Поповић, по први пут целовито, приказује основне карактеристике жанра, представља њему познате писце који су у његовим оквирима стварали и сама дела. Овај преглед, допуњен и с новом систематизацијом писаца, недуго затим улази у састав Поповићеве књиге Преgлеɡ срpске књижевносtи (штампана 1909). Аутор рада настојао је да установи интервенције (измене, допуне), али и да у целини сагледа значај новога текста, који ће потом, деценијама, бити главни извор сазнања о српској биографици. Аутор у раду представља и позније Поповићеве радове. Указује да се он изнова враћао на старе српске биографије. Био је спреман да о њима још документованије и научнички зрелије говори у својој књизи Исtорија јуgословенске књижевносtи, коју је припремао, али је није довршио; о томе сведоче неколики сачувани фрагменти из ње. Аутор закључује да се Павле Поповић истрајно и темељно бавио старим српским биографијама. Врло рано је остварио лични приступ и засновао сопствени метод проучавања и критеријуме за естетско вредновање дела.

The author of this paper has researched the contribution of the wellknown Serbian literary historian Pavle Popović to the study of old Serbian biographies. In this paper, it is pointed out that Popović’s first papers dedicated to old Serbian biographies were written in the final decade of the 19th century and at the very beginning of the 20th century. They were published in periodicals of that time (Srpski pregled [Serbian Review], Nastavnik [Teacher] and others). Popović dealt with archaeographic and textological issues, investigated sources and especially focused on St Sava and Teodosije. Ljiljana Juhas-Georgievska established that Pavle Popović first wrote about old Serbian biographies in a detailed manner in his An Overview of Old Serbian Literature, published in Srpski književni glasnik [Serbian Literary Herald] in 1907. In this paper, he presented the basic characteristics of the genre, wrote about the authors known to him who belonged to this genre and their works. He adhered to the chronological principle. This Overview, somewhat expanded, was subsequently included in Popović’s book An Overview of Old Serbian Literature (published in 1909). Taking over the earlier text, Popović expanded it by adding new information. He added new writers to the list (he wrote about Patriarch Pajsije). He presented the opuses of Danilo the Second and his Disciple in a more detailed manner. The author of this paper points out that, later on in his studies, Popović returned to old Serbian biographies. That he was prepared to write about them in a more documented and scientifically mature manner in his book A History of Yugoslav Literature (he worked on it towards the end of his life but did not get to finish it), is testified to by the preserved fragments of the book. One of them, in which he analysed the work of Gregory Tsamblak, Constantine the Philosopher and Patriarch Pajsije, is presented by Lj. Juhas Georgievska in this paper. In it, Popović dealt with the poetics of these authors in a much more detailed manner, shedding light on the circumstances and the atmosphere in which their works were created. It is concluded in this paper that Pavle Popović perseveringly and in a detailed manner dealt with old Serbian biographies. Very early on, he established his personal approach and his own method of scientific investigation. Owing to his developed feeling for aesthetics, criteria and great erudition, he could successfully analyse the most complex and demanding works. Returning to certain authors and their biographical works was very fruitful for Popović’s scientific work. His later works were more thoroughly researched and produced results whose value has not diminished to the present day.