USMENA KNJIŽEVNOST U KUKULJEVIĆEVU ARKIVU ZA POVJESTNICU JUGOSLAVENSKU
ORAL LITERATURE IN KUKULJEVIĆ’S ARKIV ZA POVJESTNICU JUGOSLAVENSKU

Summary/Abstract: Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski holds an honourable place among scientists as he was the first to have gathered materials in wider Croatian area, in Međimurje, which was then legally and realistically in Hungary, and among Burgenland Croats in Austria, whereas in 1847 he published an extensive collection of oral folk songs in all three dialects. At the same time, the collection reveals his extraordinary interest for ethnography and folk tradition that sometimes contains fairy tale elements. Therefore, it does not come as a surprise that oral literature and ethnography hold a prominent place in his Arkiv za povjestnicu jugoslavensku (Eng. Archive for South-Slavic Historical Book). Already in the first issue, Kukuljević looked for a broader associate cycle, to whom he addressed twenty-six questions, six of which concerned ethnography and oral literature. A great number of scientists from various regions in the South-Slavic region replied to him so that he received a couple of interesting answers to each of his questions. Many of them represent complete short stories which he then entirely published as well. At least some of his associates are worth mentioning. They are: Antun Branko Pavić from Požega region, Mijat Stojanović from Slavonija and Syrmia, bishop Simeon Milinović from Lovreć in Dalmatia, Franciscan Petar Kačić Peko from „kotar makarski“, Đuro Stjepan Deželić from Ivanić-Grad, Matija Valjavec Kračmanov from Varaždin and surrounding areas, Davor Modrušić Lonjanac from Slovenia, Luka Zora from Dubrovnik region, Vlatko Lorković from Karlovac region, Gašpar Križnik from Motnik (Slovenia), and also associates from Bulgaria.

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