The Writer and the History (On the centenary of the birth of Dobrica Ćosić)

The article examines the political activity of Dobrica Ćosić, mentions the role of his documentary prose and analyzes the writer’s fiction through the prism of his service to the Serbian nation. The article acknowledges the recognition that Dobrica Ćosić has earned in Russia.

Ivan Krylov’s Fable “Pig”

The article analyzes the character of the Krylov bestiary – the Pig – for example of the fables “Pig under an Oak” (1825) and “Pig” (1811). The author examines the artistic system of fables, their perception by contemporaries, as well as the peculiarities of Krylov’s interpretation of the image of the Pig in context of the Russian cultural tradition.

The Female Face of the Big Book (Women – Winners of the National Literary Prize BB)

The article studies the gender composition of the Big Book award winners. It is shown what place among the awarded authors and laureates is occupied by women authors and their works. All award-winning works created by women are analyzed. The main common characteristic features of these works are revealed: the creation of a fullfledged biography of one person and/or a family saga against the background of a detailed historical picture of the corresponding era. An attempt is made to determine the place (“ecological niche”) occupied by the “serious” prose of women authors in contemporary literary process.

The International Poetic and Cultural Manifestation “Ante Popovski – Ante’s quill” – a traditional event that is yet to become a synonym for the true values of the Macedonian literary reality

The text raises the question of the significance of literary manifestations for literary reality. The thesis is that the significance of a specific literary manifestation in this digital age is not predominantly conditioned by its format and how conventional or modern it is, but by whether its mission is primarily based on aesthetic and literary criteria and consequently, by its content – how much new impulses it gives to the literary life. As a confirmation of this perception, the text highlights the international poetic and cultural manifestation “Ante Popovski – Ante’s Quill”, which has been part of the Macedonian literary reality for four years. Although it is quite new, with an aspiration to become traditional manifestation, and although it is organized in a conventional format and program, without pretentious efforts for non-standard program contents, it is already recognizable on the Macedonian cultural map, as an event that simultaneously seeks to invest in the valorization and affirmation of the lasting values of the Macedonian culture, to promote the Macedonian literary production, to enable less affirmed authors to emerge from the shadows of living literary monuments and to encourage literary science. Moreover, the text analyzes and valorizes the achievements of this year’s edition of the manifestation. Particular emphasis is placed on the international scientific symposium which posed key and hitherto unactualized questions about the creative work of one of the greatest Macedonian authors of the 20th century – Ante Popovski. At the same time, the concept of the manifestation is analyzed, which is constantly evolving, enabling it to be an event that leaves a mark and can lead to happenings that will one day have to be written down in literary history.

The Emotive Component of the Genre Categories and Style in the Artistic Canon of Christian Culture (based on the works of medieval books)

The article examines the character and function of emotiveness in the structure of the “poetics of Truth”, as well as the artistic means of creating emoticons in emotively neutral subjects. Using the fragments of the chronicle, the prologue and the solemn sermon, the author shows how, depending on the degree of spiritual enlightenment of the addressee, the same artistic image can have different content and have an emotional impact of different intensity, acting as an “archetypal emotive”, “(biblical) emotive key”,“emotive symbol”.

On Some Features of the Formation and Development of Literatures of the Peoples of Russia

Literatures of the peoples of Russia represent an interliterary community that has historically arisen and maintained its dynamic enrichment. The formation and development of these literatures has a number of common features that show the consistent pattern of this process. Literatures on national languages are characterized by irregularity of its development. Moreover, the European literature history can explain the peculiarities of this phenomenon and show that this uneven and intermittent development is essentially a part of a standard growth. Literatures of peoples of Russia at a certain stage entered the period of enrichment assimilating freely the traditions of Russian Literature and World Literature. One of the most important roles for this process was played by literary translation. Numerous features were showed by national literatures, the formation of genres, distinctive national characters, expressive possibilities of national languages, writers, and their artwork which made a national fund of literature. Folklore and national culture made a huge impact in comprehending process as well.