Medieval Serbian Literature

Pre-requisites: No specific requirements, although it is desirable for students to have completed Old Church Slavic I&II during undergraduate studies.

Course objectives: Familiarizing with the characteristics of serbian medieval literature, the period and facts about authors and works.

Course description: Beginnings and development of literature of the Southern Slavs; the influence of Cyril and Methodius' students, who arrived in the Balkans after escaping from Moravia. Concepts in the period; translation in literature and its effect on various literary forms present with serbian authors. Two approaches - by genre and type(regardless of period) and by author. A review of the works of particular authors. Chronological frameworks.

Learning Outcomes: Students will be informed on the subject of the creation and development of medieval serbian literature, authors and works, literary genres and forms.

Literature/Reading:

• R.Marinković, Počeci formiranja srpske biografske književnosti. Povelje o osnivanju manastira Hilandara, Prilizi KJIF 39 (1973) 3-19
• D.Bogdanović, Istorija stare srpske književnosti, Beograd 1980.
• D.Bogdanović, Studije iz srpske srednjovekovne književnosti, Beograd 1997
• Đ.Trifunović, Ka počecima srpske pismenosti, Beograd 2001
• Srpska književnost u doba Despotovine. Zbornik radova sa naučnog skupa održanog u Despotovcu 22-23 VIII 1997, Despotovac 1998
• T.Subotin-Golubović, Srpsko rukopisno nasleđe od 1557.godine do sredine XVII veka, Beograd 1999
• D.Boganović,Najstarija sluba svetom SAvi, Beograd 1980
• D.S.Lihačov, Poetika stare ruske književnosti, Beograd 1973. (Prevod s ruskog.)