THE KOSSOVQ CYCLE - BETWEEN THE EPIC AND THE BALLADIC

Abstract

The topic of this paper is the epic poetry, or, more precisely the ballads of the Kossovo cycle. The author presents views of many native and foreign writers dealing with this problem: V. Djuri¢, D. Subotić, M. Popović, M. Murko, N. Ljubinković, T. Cubelić, J. W. Enthwistle and others. His own opinion is that the Kossovo cycle poetry contains both the epic and the balladic dimension, that is the moral, tragic dimension, and, at the same time, the lyric one. He is particularly emphasizing the role of the blind, both male and female, in transmitting and promoting folk poetry.