The Periodical Otadžbina (1875–1892)
Jovičić, Vladimir
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Publisher:Beograd: Institut za književnost i umetnost, Vuk Karadžić; Cataloguing data: |
Summary:
This book represents a complex monographic treatment of one of the central literary periodicals of the era of realism. Organised in keeping with the problematic, it consists of the introductory study on the socio-historical and cultural circumstances surrounding the publication of Otadžbina [Homeland], the political and cultural habitus of its editor-in-chief and owner Vladan Đorđević, and the programmatic options that he advocated, followed by separate discussions about all the forms of literature presented in this periodical (“Lyrical and Epic Verse Literature”, “Narrative Literature”, “Dramatic Literature”, “Literary and Theatrical Criticism”), and articles from other areas encompassed by his interests (“Science and Social Life”). As a particular indicator of the periodical’s significance, the book provides a brief overview of references to its publication in other periodicals from that era.
What is of particular importance for further research is the thorough and dependable scientific apparatus encompassed by the common title of “A Bibliography of the Periodical ‘Otadžbina’ ”, which takes up the second part of the book and contains a chronology of the publication and editing of this periodical, bibliographies of titles from each individual area (original/translated prose, poetry and drama, as well as studies, treatises, essays and reviews, also grouped according to domestic and foreign authors, that is, according to the language in which they were originally written), a list of resolved code names and pseudonyms, and a register followed by biographical and bibliographic data on the collaborators.
Keywords:
This book represents a complex monographic treatment of one of the central literary periodicals of the era of realism. Organised in keeping with the problematic, it consists of the introductory study on the socio-historical and cultural circumstances surrounding the publication of Otadžbina [Homeland], the political and cultural habitus of its editor-in-chief and owner Vladan Đorđević, and the programmatic options that he advocated, followed by separate discussions about all the forms of literature presented in this periodical (“Lyrical and Epic Verse Literature”, “Narrative Literature”, “Dramatic Literature”, “Literary and Theatrical Criticism”), and articles from other areas encompassed by his interests (“Science and Social Life”). As a particular indicator of the periodical’s significance, the book provides a brief overview of references to its publication in other periodicals from that era.
What is of particular importance for further research is the thorough and dependable scientific apparatus encompassed by the common title of “A Bibliography of the Periodical ‘Otadžbina’ ”, which takes up the second part of the book and contains a chronology of the publication and editing of this periodical, bibliographies of titles from each individual area (original/translated prose, poetry and drama, as well as studies, treatises, essays and reviews, also grouped according to domestic and foreign authors, that is, according to the language in which they were originally written), a list of resolved code names and pseudonyms, and a register followed by biographical and bibliographic data on the collaborators.
