Discourse of Power in the Light of Microcosmos by Petar II Petrovic Njegos Cover Image

Diskurs moći u Njegoševoj Luči Mikrokozma
Discourse of Power in the Light of Microcosmos by Petar II Petrovic Njegos

Author(s): Tatjana Đurišić-Bečanović
Subject(s): Montenegrine Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: discourse of power; interaction strategies; symbolic signs; Christian mythology; proto; the Bible; vertical principle; the colonial situation; the light

Summary/Abstract: There is a very peculiar distribution of power In the cosmogonic poem The Light of Microcosmos, caused by the metaphysical and mythological criteria, leading to the construction of the absolutist discourse, which is conducted by the most powerful situational and discursive authority in the poem - God, whereby the role of the strongest coding mechanism plays Christian mythology. Religious subjection of man to God and the Christian model of hierarchy will influence macrocosmic space, strength and stability of the Christian religion, which is the basis of divine discourse power, is used as a defensive techniques against the impalpable presence of Islam. The state functions given to Njegos will affect the poetic principles regulating particular purpose and functions of his poetry, while englightening the defensive textual strategies.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 157-173
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian