Slavenska komponenta kulturnog identiteta Bošnjaka u književnosti osmanskog perioda – između afekcije i afirmacije
The Slavic Component of the Bosniak Cultural Identity in the Literature of Ottoman Period – Between Affection and Affirmation

Author(s): Ibnel Ramić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Bosnian Literature, Migration Studies, Theory of Literature, Identity of Collectives
Published by: BZK "Preporod" Brčko distrikt Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: cultural identity; Bosniak literature in Ottoman period; Slavic component of the cultural identity; oral tradition;
Summary/Abstract: Bosniak literature in Ottoman period testifies to the case of how socio historical circumstances, which¸determined existence of Bosniaks as nation during the period of more than four centuries, did not cause¸cultural de-identification or ethnic assimilation of islamicized Slavs into the Orient. The sense of Slavic ethnicity remained present during the entire rule of Ottoman empire, which created and maintained¸specific, indigenous, Slavic-Islamic identity of Bosnian Muslims – Bosniaks.¸However, it should be emphasized that the affirmation process of the Slavic component of Bosniak¸identity in Ottoman period was not the result of organized strategy or prepared national or cultural¸program, but more instinctive, affective reaction to the socio-historical circumstances of national¸survival. Concrete activities in reference to the aformentioned process, started at the time of Austro-¸Hungarian occupation with Mehmed-beg Kapetanovic Ljubusak who was the first amongst Bosniak¸authors to separate ethnic and religious identity.

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