The Function and the Meaning of Traditional and Civil Songs in Ivkova Slava by Stevan Sremac Cover Image

Функција и значење народних и грађанских песама у Ивковој слави Стевана Сремца
The Function and the Meaning of Traditional and Civil Songs in Ivkova Slava by Stevan Sremac

Author(s): Rastko R. Lončar
Subject(s): Serbian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: civil poetry; traditional poetry; relations between traditional and contemporary; realism; Stevan Sremac

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the usage of traditional songs in the novel Ivkova slava by Stevan Sremac, comparing it to the usage of the civil poetry in the same novel. Stevan Sremac clearly distinguishes two cultural and social milieues according to poetry they sing, or better yet, recite, with which – the poetry recited – no longer has only the role of depicting a character’s emotions, but also begins to represent the culturological conflict, which starts after the Turkish influence ceases to be dominant in Niš, once this city becomes the part of Kingdom of Serbia in 1882.

  • Issue Year: 7/2017
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 197-205
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian