Podmienky vzniku cyrilskej rukopisnej tvorby v priestore východného Slovenska a bývalej Podkarpatskej Rusi
On Circumstances Fostering Handwritten Cyrillic Literary Creation in the Areas of East Slovakia and Former Subcarpathian Rus'
Author(s): Peter ŽeňuchSubject(s): Language studies
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Slavonic studies; Church Slavonic language; Vernacular language; Handwritten Cyrillic literary creation; East Slovakia; Subcarpathian Rus'; Paraliturgical song; Defining factors and stereotypes in language; culture; history; religion and rite;
Summary/Abstract: In this contribution, problems of investigating handwritten Cyrillic literary creation are discussed and some aspects of results accomplished so far are pointed out. The author turns his attention above all to some controversial questions related to interpretation of Cyrillic literary creation from linguistic, historical, cultural and religious points of view. Circumstances promoting paraliturgical song creation on the border of two religiously and culturally differing communities - the Slavonic East and the Slavonic West - are explained. Some aspects of the traditional, or stereotypical views on cultural, religious and linguistic coexistence in the investigated area are re-defined. The author emphasizes the urgency of rigorous interpretation and re-interpretation of Cyrillic manuscripts originating from the contact area of Slavia Latina and Slavia Byzantina.
Journal: Slavica Slovaca
- Issue Year: 39/2004
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 26-44
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Slovak