Let Me Tell You, This Happened When..."History, Time and Landscape in Legends from Slavonija Cover Image

“Znaš, bilo je to…”. Povijest, vrijeme i krajolik u predajama iz Slavonije
Let Me Tell You, This Happened When..."History, Time and Landscape in Legends from Slavonija

Author(s): Ljiljana Marks
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku
Keywords: legends; topography; the culture of memory; Slavonija; Croatia;

Summary/Abstract: I take historical legends to be a dynamic genre of oral literature, oral history and culture in general. They represent a dialogue with the past from the temporal (and educational) perspective of the narrator who, while speaking of the past, also provides a commentary on the present time.

  • Issue Year: 52/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 195-213
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Croatian