ELEMENTI ISLAMSKE KULTURE I TRADICIJE U PROZI BORE STANKOVIĆA
ELEMENTS OF ISLAMIC CULTURE AND TRADITION IN BORA STANKOVIĆ 'S PROSE

Summary/Abstract: The prose and dramatic work of Bora Stanković (which is, regardless of the fact that the author is considered the originator of modern Serbian prose, realistic in its essence due to the distinct regionalism of its content) represents a source of information on the southern Serbian lifestyle, specifially that of Vranje. Recording this lifestyle in in his hometown at the moment of a sociohistorical turning point, Stanković writes about the conflct of old vs. new, lamenting, as is typical of realists, the passing of the old. Through a range of details from the lives of the citizens of Vranje (those of upper-class families, their servants, and the world of merchants and craftsmen), the author introduces us to an interlacing of two cultures and two ways of life. The influence of Turkish customs is inseparably connected with the life and people of Vranje. The love of Bora Stanković for his hometown enabled countless readers of his prose to become acquainted with those elements of Islamic culture that contributed to the richness of life in southern Serbia.

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