Poetika velolučkih tradicijskih lirskih ljubavnih pjesama
Poetics of Vela Luka Traditional Lyric Poems

Summary/Abstract: In the paper the author deals with the poetics of Vela Luka traditional lyric poems. It is a known fact that a lyric poem is a speech creation expressing various feelings and moods, but also that the shaping of its lyric text has been reached at gradually. Lyric poems are thematically rather uneven, most often inspired by certain life circumstances, and they exist in all Croatian dialects. The people of Vela Luka, aware of the importance of oral literature, keep their popular poem. Well known are many old “folk” poets. The poem used to echo at work, at parties and fishing, while the most favorite poems speak of boys and girls, and their fault and virtues. The locals of Vela Luka used to sing, and are known for their poetry handed down from generation to generation. Usually poems of different content were sung to a music tune. Of course, no tune has been preserved in its original form, but was changed and reshaped through tradition. Before the appearance of recorders of traditional melodies, every poem was handed down through oral tradition, which made it subject to various changes, but even the recording failed to solve the problem of preserving the original text. Never can be with certainty say that a records traditional melody is original as well. This paper is an attempt of a best true recording of traditional poems of Vela Luka and it came to be with the intention to preserve the traditional of folk creativity. Time takes its toll, poems are little by little being forgotten. However, it is still possible to find people who care to preserve the heritage of their ancestors. And owing to them, the traditional songs recorded in this paper are still echoing in the streets of Vela Luka.

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