The Impact of Development of Vinca Letter on Formation of Serbian Identity Cover Image

Утицај развоја винчанског писма на заснивање српског идентитета
The Impact of Development of Vinca Letter on Formation of Serbian Identity

Author(s): Sanja Šuljagić
Subject(s): Language studies, Philology, Politics and Identity
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: Vinca culture; Serbica letter; distribution of Vinca letter; bukvitsa; glagolitsa; cyrillic letter; Saint Cyril and Methodius; Saint Sava; Nomokanon; national Serbian identity;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper author presented a link between formation and development of prehistoric Vinca letter with development of ethnicums „Serbs“ and „Slavs“ analysing original historical documents and prehistoric and historic events regarding this issue. Within the topic of the paper the author analyzed temporal and spatial distribution of the prehistoric Vinca letter, so-called „Serbica“ letter, as a precursor-letter of other letters in the Mediterranean region and other parts of Europe. By this analysis there are set starting positions for more subtle elaboration of the impact of development of literacy of ancient Serbian proto-ethnic groups on their „walkthrough of entities“ from prehistory up to these days, as well as the impact of their literacy on formation and substantial establishment of Serbian national identity

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 319-352
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Serbian