The (non)literary portraits of Queen Natalia. Imagological hypostases Cover Image

Portretele (non)literare ale reginei Natalia. Ipostaze imagologice
The (non)literary portraits of Queen Natalia. Imagological hypostases

Author(s): Lidija Čolević
Subject(s): Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, 19th Century, Philology, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Queen Natalia Obrenović; King Milan Obrenović IV; new historicism; identity;

Summary/Abstract: When Prince Milan Obrenović proclaimed the Kingdom of Serbia in 1882, Natalia Obrenović, as the first modern Serbian queen, became an important political figure who gave content to national history in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. On the trail of new historicism, fully understanding the relationship between historical and artistic reality, visual culture and art, historiographical and literary ideas about Queen Natalia Obrenović, helps us to stratify the great number of roles she played in the Serbian culture. Queen Natalia Obrenović entered historiography and literature as a prototype of the "ruler - mother - martyr" in a context of great scandals that destroyed the reputation of King Milan Obrenović. The cultural-historical relations between King Milan and Queen Natalia Obrenović, as part of the overall mutual ties between Serbian and Romanian culture, are indisputably an inseparable part of Romanian identity.

  • Issue Year: LV/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 6-23
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Romanian