SEARCHING FOR 'YESTERDAY'S MAN' CONNECTING HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND PROVERBIAL WISDOM' Cover Image

ВО ПОТРАГА ПО ЧОВЕКОТ ОД МИНАТОТО - ВРСКАТА МЕЃУ ИСТОРИЈАТА, СРОДНИТЕ ДИСЦИПЛИНИ И ПРОВЕРБИЈАЛНАТА МУДРОСТ
SEARCHING FOR 'YESTERDAY'S MAN' CONNECTING HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND PROVERBIAL WISDOM'

Author(s): Ilina Jakimovska
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнологија и антропологија, Универзиетет »Св. Кирил и Методиј«
Keywords: folk literature; paremiology; historical anthropology and related scientific disciplines

Summary/Abstract: The article reviews the existing definitions of the proverb, which is a genre of folk literature. It also examines the past and the contemporary relation between history and related scientific disciplines on one side and paremiology on the other. It presents a few examples of well known historical anthropological works in which the proverb is used as the only or as an additional research source. Finally, two Serbian proverbs that refer to political history of this nation are analysed.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 200-227
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English