Professional paper
Oral literature and folklore tradition in magazine Kolo
Petra Uremović
; Graduate Study Program of Croatian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper analyzes scientific articles published in “Kolo” dealing with oral literature and folklore tradition. In further elaboration these articles are organized not in relation to occurence, but according to thematic areas, which makes them more suitable for analysis, comparison and conclusions. In particular, it handles different texts including a wide array of relevant information and folklore life scenes and show social and political conditions in second half of 19th century Croatia. The contributions contain some of the fundamental theoretical studies of oral literature, ethnic customs and mythological themes and also critical observation and polemics about topics relating to disputable issues in Croatian literature, language and culture, showing some of the valuable forewords and overviews of collected and published folk poems. It's important to understand the significance of oral literature in the 19th century, as well as its position in the national milieu, because the characteristics of European romantic stylistic formations were not predominant in the region.
Keywords
magazine “Kolo“; oral literature; folklor tradition
Hrčak ID:
174620
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2011.
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