About problems of periodization and europeanization of Bosniak literature from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Cover Image

O problemima europeizacije i periodizacije bošnjačke književnosti s kraja XIX i početka XX stoljeća
About problems of periodization and europeanization of Bosniak literature from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century

Author(s): Muhidin Džanko
Subject(s): Review
Published by: J.U. Javna biblioteka »Alija Isaković«, Gradačac
Keywords: Slavic studies; Bosniak literature; Maximilian Braun; Mustafa Imamović; Rešid Durić; literary historiography; Muhsin Rizvić; europeanization; die Europaisierung; Edward Said; Maria Todorova; Mehmed Kapetanović Ljubušak; periodization of literature

Summary/Abstract: Na marginama knjige „Začeci evropeizacije u književnosti slavenskih muslimana u Bosni i Hercegovini" njemačkoga slaviste Maximiliana Brauna / On the margins of the book “Origins of europeanization in the literature of the Slavic Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina” by German publicist Maximilian Brown /Subtitle of review/ Review of the famous study of Maximilian Braun about “europeanization of Bosniak literature” after the period of the Ottoman Empire. Muhidin Džanko analyzes the content and methodological characteristics of Brown's study, placing it in a broader analytical context of literary-historiographical study of Slavic, primarily Bosniak literature. In this sense, author critically evaluate work of Muhsin Rizvić, devoted to this problem. Review is, in general, important as a source of important bibliographic references in the field of Slavic studies, older and more recent, important for understanding the europeanization of Bosnian traditional literature from the turn of the century, as well as the complex relationship of Occident and Orient (eg. studies of Edward Said and Maria Todorova). Dealing with the scientific appearance of Maximilian Braun and his work, and giving a sort of brief overview of Slavic, literary-historiographical study of elderly Bosnian literature, the author also provides an original, expertly derived, critical, and synthetic interpretation of the mentioned problems.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 31-32
  • Page Range: 172-179
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bosnian