The Byzantine Mission and the National Revival Sermon Prose Cover Image

Byzantská misia a kázňová próza národného obrodenia
The Byzantine Mission and the National Revival Sermon Prose

Author(s): Erika Brtáňová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Slovak Literature, Eastern Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Slovenský komitét slavistov a Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, v.v.i.
Keywords: Byzantine mission; Cyril and Methodius heritage; Slovak national revival; Slovak literature; sermon prose; 18th – 19th century

Summary/Abstract: Speech-narrative genres are among the most widespread forms of prose literature in the late eighteenth century. Sermons from the period of national aweking is a remarkable manifestation of the literary programme of priests who are recorded as leading literary creators in the history of Slovak literature. Priest-writers Juraj Fándly, Jonáš Záborský, František V. Sasinek and Jozef M. Hurban speak in their sermons about the religious and cultural-social significance of the Byzantine mission operating in Great Moravia in the years 863–885.

  • Issue Year: 59/2024
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 435-443
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Slovak
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