Poet of Culture and Empirical Incentives. On one Aspect of Milosav Tešić's Poetry Cover Image

Песник културе и емпиријски подстицаји. О једном аспекту поезије Милосава Тешића
Poet of Culture and Empirical Incentives. On one Aspect of Milosav Tešić's Poetry

Author(s): Aleksandar T. Jovanović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Serbian Literature, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Poetry; empirical incentive; childhood; water mill; water wheel; „Šljiva srpska“; Milosav Tešić.

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses empirical incentives in Milosav Tešić’s poetry. Although Tešić is a poet of culture and oral tradition remembrance, he never conceals the presence of personal experience in his verses. In addition, he is of a view that poets should not abandon their own stance since, by doing that, they deny their own creativity. Special emphasis is paid to two motifs, the motif of mill and the motif of herbs, which can be traced back as early as the poet’s childhood, and which can be found in his anthological works, such as, among other things, the cycle entitled ‘Pasum vodeničkog buka’ (The Aftersound of Mill Waterfall) and the poem 'Šljiva srpska' (The Serbian Plum). However, empirical incentives in great poetry are transformed and important poetic factors, and the motifs of mill and herbs have become one of the trademarks of his poetry.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 583-592
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian