ON LEGITIMACY AND THE PLEDGE OF KOSOVO
ON LEGITIMACY AND THE PLEDGE OF KOSOVO
Author(s): Jovan M. DelićContributor(s): Jovanka Kalaba (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Governance, Political history, Social history, Geopolitics
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Kosovo; Metohija; legitimacy; pledge of Kosovo; The Mountain Wreath; Njegoš; Bishop Danilo; Mount Lovćen; 17th century; 14th century events; European historical context;
Summary/Abstract: In the introductory monologue to “The Mountain Wreath”, on Mount Lovćen, in the “dead of night” while “everyone is asleep”, Bishop Danilo establishes the European, Balkan and national – Serbian – historical context of the event before him. His “present moment” is toward the end of the 17th century and the Bishop feels that this moment is in direct historical connection with the earth-shattering events that have taken place since the second half of the 14th century. Given that Njegoš wrote and published these verses 170 years ago, it is clear that the gap between the first events mentioned in the introductory monologue and the time when that monologue was created is almost six centuries long. Both then and today, events in world history are in direct connection, and so, as Isidora Sekulić puts it, in poetry, the “unrest of centuries” is strongly felt.
Journal: Literary Links of Matica srpska
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 4-5
- Page Range: 219-222
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
