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Genotypy macedońskiej tradycji jako czynniki tekstotwórcze
Genomes of the Macedonian Tradition as Text-Creating Factors

Author(s): Lech Miodyński
Subject(s): Cultural history, Macedonian Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Macedonian literature; cultural history; tradition; canon; collective identity;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the key currents of the historical, cultural and literary traditions moulded in the collective consciousness of the Macedonians and designed for being inspiration and ideological background for the various kinds of the native texts from the beginning of 19th century. Mechanics of the using of the essential component parts of diverse traditions in a chronological order were depicted, with the special taking into consideration the nation-creating motivations and the potential of the building of strong autonomous identity through their particular types (for instance – ancient, folk, Mediterranean, biblical, revolutionary-liberation and other). As a common aims of the strategy of the creative exploiting of their indications in various periods (especially in literary works) were regarded: confirmation of the collective lineage, proving cultural and political independence on the diachronic level and creation of the coherent canon of the national values in the situation of threat to the ethnic and territorial-state integrity

  • Issue Year: 15/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-54
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish