Abstract: This PhD thesis investigates how the successors to the first ruler of an amalgamation of Serb lands, the Raškan SerbVeliki Župan, Stefan Nemanja, sought to create legitimacy for what otherwise may have been the passing successes of one local chieftain. The question is approached through theLivesof Nemanja written by his sons, Prvovenčani and Sava, whose tasks were to stabilise the immediate succession and consolidate the longer lasting power of the dynasty.
Through a close reading of the twoLives, the thesis identifies and compares the motifs used by the authors to portray Nemanja as a saintly ruler divinely inspired by God to ‘lead and unite’ his people. Without an existing Serbian literary tradition, the thesis investigates how the authors found inspiration, looking first at the European-wide phenomenon of holy rulers and their associated texts, before considering the general literary environment surrounding the Raškan Serbs, to place the writing of Nemanja’sLivesinto context.
The motifs highlighted in theLivesare compared with those in a selected group of texts, potentially available to the authors, to identify possible models which each other may have copied, adapted or transformed. The secondary objectives of the two authors, ruler and monk, will also be touched on bearing in mind the secular and sacred image of Nemanja being portrayed.
1. Radu Sorescu - Petre Tutea. Viata si opera 2. Zaharia Stancu - Jocul cu moartea
3. Mihail Sebastian - Orasul cu salcimi
4. Ioan Slavici - Inchisorile mele
5. Gib Mihaescu - Donna Alba
6. Liviu Rebreanu - Ion
7. Cella Serghi - Pinza de paianjen
8. Zaharia Stancu - Descult
9. Henriette Yvonne Stahl - Intre zi si noapte
10.Mihail Sebastian - De doua mii de ani
11. George Calinescu Cartea nuntii 12. Cella Serghi Pe firul de paianjen…
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