КЊИЖЕВНОСТ У СЛУЖБИ НАЦИЈЕ- УЛОГА СРПСКЕ КЊИЖЕВНОСТИ У СТВАРАЊУ НАЦИОНАЛНОГ ИДЕНТИТЕТА ЈУЖНОСЛОВЕНСКИХ МУСЛИМАНА
LITERATURE IN THE SERVICE OF THE NATION

Summary/Abstract: Muslims of the South Slavic area, especially those of the Slavic origin, language and customs, after the withdrawal of the Ottoman administration from the Balkan Peninsula in the 19th and early 20th century, found themselves in a dilemma - the West or the East, the nation or the religion. While trying to lead them to the decision, young Balkan national states, including the Kingdom of Serbia and its political, cultural and intellectual elite, began with the general cultural, political and social project known as “the nationalization of Muslims”, considering this population to be a part of their own national being connected to it by a common language and ethnical background. Muslims of the Slavic origin lived mostly in Bosnia and Herzegovina which since 1878 was under the Austro-Hungarian authorities that tried to create by their own means an integrated nation named “Bosniaks”. Since political activities from Serbia were forbidden at that time in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian side carried out it’s breakthrough towards Muslims primarily through culture, especially literature and literary magazines. In that way, the Serbian literature of the second half of the 19th century played a significant role in national efforts among Bosnian Muslims, especially among educated youth who called themselves Serbs of the Muslim faith.

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