Military poems in the framework of Bosniak oral-literary lyric flow Cover Image

Vojničke pjesme u okviru bošnjačkog usmenoknjiževnog lirskog toka
Military poems in the framework of Bosniak oral-literary lyric flow

Author(s): Nirha Efendić
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: lyricism; military poems; motif; topic.

Summary/Abstract: Military poems as a component of Bosniak oral lyrics were recorded as early as the first half of the XIX c, but it has not been approached from a theoretical point of view. More intensive collecting and general interest for oral literary poems of Bosniaks starts during the Austro-Hungarian period, with the most extensive collections of oral lyrical poems collected in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This paper will, first, offer a history of recording and interest for Bosniak oral-literary military lyricism, and then deal with a theoretical aspects of a chosen poem with a review of topics and motifs on the chosen examples.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 64
  • Page Range: 275-285
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bosnian