Original scientific paper

STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FR. BAZILIJE PANDŽIĆ’S POSITIONES

Luciana Boban ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Josip Grubeša ; Ministry of Justice Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jelena Jurčić orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-2544 ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar

Abstract

Fr. Bazilije Pandžić, a Bosnian and Herzegovinian historian, archivist and philologist, is well
known for his excellent and refined expression in Latin language. He wrote in Latin language
historical reviews, annals and postiones(positions), i.e. reports about life of some persons with the
purpose of their beatification or canonization (about Nikola Tavelić, Beatrice de Silva and Liberat
Weiss). Positions, despite their strict form, have quite a lot of biographical elements, which makes
them stylistically richer than scientific historical works. They allow the author more stylistic freedom and creativity. We shall take Pandžić’s position about Nikola Tavelić (1961) as a representative work for his prose expression in Latin language, since it is his only position completely written
in Latin. The paper analyzes stylistic characteristics of position, its purpose, structure and content.
The paper aims at reaching an insight into the excellence of Pandžić’s Latin prose expression as well
as linguistic and stylistic processes that influence it. Based on the analysis of his „positio“ we come
to the conclusion that in addition to Pandžić’s features as a historian, scientist and professional, the
features of a crafty Latin scholar are also visible.

Keywords

Bazilije Pandžić; positiones; Latin expression; stylistics; stylistic analysis.

Hrčak ID:

251890

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/251890

Publication date:

27.1.2021.

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