Methodological positioning of the novel in early Serbian literary theories
This paper explores the placement of the novel within the earliest Serbian literary theories. We begin from the assertion that the mother tongue and literature are fundamental school subjects, as they enable the attainment of general cultural knowledge. Effective communication and a refined speaking...
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| Language: | Bosnian |
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Univerzitet u Novom Pazaru
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Univerzitetska Misao |
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| Online Access: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1451-3870/2025/1451-38702524118B.pdf |
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| Summary: | This paper explores the placement of the novel within the earliest Serbian literary theories. We begin from the assertion that the mother tongue and literature are fundamental school subjects, as they enable the attainment of general cultural knowledge. Effective communication and a refined speaking culture depend on familiarity with literature and reading. Based on an analysis of the first textbooks on literary theory for high schools and vocational secondary schools by authors Petar P. Đorđević, Katarina Bogdanović, and Paulina Lebl Albala, we identify the position of the novel within these works. These claims are supported with examples from the textbooks, taking into account the complexity and layered nature of literary and artistic material that the authors employed, and which they discussed in introductory notes and observations. The goal of our research was to determine the extent to which the authors of the first studied literary theories from the 19th and 20th centuries methodologically engaged with the novel as a prose form. On the basis of these literary theories, the theoretical foundations for pioneering novel instruction in schools were shaped. Our research is grounded in a solid number of literary theory textbooks, with a particular focus on how they addressed the novel. In the continuation of the paper, we will highlight how the first two literary theories analyzed the novel. A wide range of literary theory textbooks are used in education and teaching, each treating the novel differently depending on the period in which the theory was developed, as well as the literary theory most aligned with the author's perspective. Unlike literary theories intended for students and scholars of literature, school textbooks must be less subjective, and their definitions and approaches should reflect the state of literary scholarship. |
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| ISSN: | 1451-3870 2560-4821 |