Work of Arsenij Jovkov - reflections on Macedonian culture and historical tradition Cover Image

ТВОРЕШТВОТО НА АРСЕНИ ЈОВКОВ – ОДРАЗ НА МАКЕДОНСКАТА КУЛТУРНО-ИСТОРИСКА ТРАДИЦИЈА
Work of Arsenij Jovkov - reflections on Macedonian culture and historical tradition

Author(s): Valentina Mironska Hristovska
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: Arsenij Jovkov; Ilinden; cultural; historical; tradition.

Summary/Abstract: The cultural and historical tradition of a nation is a permanent process with its own development. The momentum of this movement depends on the political and social conditions. In the developing process of material and spiritual culture that have created the tradition of a nation, and among the great number of historical persons that have been involved Arseni Jovkov (1884 -1924) appears as a Macedonian intellectual, bicameral writer, publicist, journalist, photographer and cinematographer, an author of the screenplay of the feature film "Ilinden" and the documentary "Macedonia". In his literary work he incorporated the Macedonian cultural-historical tradition through the epic poem “Ilinden”, the work of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, through Alexander of Macedon, Chernodrinski theatre, enlightenment Ohrid and Debar, the sufferings of the Macedonian people, the legendary hero Krale Marko, through Goce Delchev, the folklore and the national language, which had the objective of the fight staged not to defeat the enemy, but that the enemy can not defeat us.

  • Issue Year: 8/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 0-0
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Macedonian