Hajrudin Bujukalić – zaboravljeni gračanički pisac
Hajrudin Bujukalić – a forgotten Gračanica’s author

Summary/Abstract: Hajrudin Bujukalić, although not from Gračanica, left a significant mark in the cultural past of this place. During his youth he founded the National Library in Gračanica with Mustafa Kamarić, to which he remained attached even after leaving Gračanica, acting as its secretary. As a pupil and student he was very active in numerous associations and some of his literary works fall into the period of his schooling. Bujukalić tried his hand at writing poetry and prose. His poems contain a descriptive and interpretative model of poetics, which either intertwine or alternate. His poetry follows the footsteps of the Western European romantic tradition of poetry with elements that were present in South Slavic literature during this time. Descriptive poetics are especially apparent in Bujukalić’s prose works in which folklore elements are often used in addition to a realistic narrative. This paper presents an initial assessment of selections from Bujukalić’s works published in Gajret and Novi Behar.

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