Naslov
Lowbrow Skepticism or Highbrow Rationalism? (Anti)Legends in 19th-Century Croatian Primers

Autori
Hameršak, Marijana

Izvornik
Studia mythologica Slavica (1408-6271) 14 (2011); 143-157

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
(anti)legends; primers; Croatia; 19th century

Sažetak
The article discusses one of the numerous intersections of orality and literacy in the long 19th century in the Croatian society. More specifically, it focuses on the orality of Croatian primers published from 1779 until the start of World War I and the issue of the primers’ implementation of narratives which are today considered characteristic of oral communication and labeled as pseudo-, negative-, anti-legends (Dégh & Vázsonyi 1976). Looking into the issue of marginality of (anti)legends in the folklore collections and folkloristic research, and after discussing differences and similarities between (anti)legends published in primers and documented in folklore collections of this and the following period, the article discusses the question whether their inclusion in long 19th century Croatian primers was the implementation of lowbrow skepticism or the intrusion of highbrow rationalism, or both.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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