Milica’s Laments: The Rhetoric of Lamenting of Princess Milica in the Medieval Narrations about Prince Lazar Cover Image

Милица жали: реторика тужења књегиње Милице у средњовековним списима о кнезу Лазару
Milica’s Laments: The Rhetoric of Lamenting of Princess Milica in the Medieval Narrations about Prince Lazar

Author(s): Irena Plaović
Subject(s): Serbian Literature
Published by: Институт за књижевност и уметност
Keywords: prince Lazar,princess Milica;rhetoric;oration;Serbian medieval literature;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the laments of princess Milica as very important rhetorical subgenres present in the orations honouring prince Lazar and the Battle of Kosovo by the unknown monk from the Ravanica monastery, Danilo of Banya and Andonius Raphail. It aims at explaining the rhetorical strategies used by the princess in order to celebrate prince Lazar as the new Christian martyr. œ ese strategies consist of the use of diž erent common places (topoi) and ancient rhetorical arguments, which, via Byzantine literary models, made a strong impact on the medieval Serbian literature.

  • Issue Year: 50/2018
  • Issue No: 164
  • Page Range: 219-222
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Serbian