Aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher

The reception of the classical book heritage in the Biography of Despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher (of Kostenec) is noticed through the conspicuous reminiscences on classical antiquity, but it is also manifested through the use of artistic procedures of classical literature a...

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Main Author: Ristović Nenad
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 2011-01-01
Series:Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2011/0584-98881148287R.pdf
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description The reception of the classical book heritage in the Biography of Despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher (of Kostenec) is noticed through the conspicuous reminiscences on classical antiquity, but it is also manifested through the use of artistic procedures of classical literature and the author’s high estimate of the accomplishment of pre-Christian Greek thought. In the first two types of classicism Constantine surpasses other medieval Serbian writers, while in the third he is unique among them, so his relying on classical tradition in this work is the result both of literary conventions caused by the choice of the genre of secular biography and of his belonging to the most liberal section of medieval Christian intellectuals.
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spelling doaj.art-c27a8a57838542f7a120e920c7022f342022-12-22T01:17:49ZbulInstitute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and ArtsZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta0584-98882011-01-0120114828730610.2298/ZRVI1148287RAspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the PhilosopherRistović NenadThe reception of the classical book heritage in the Biography of Despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher (of Kostenec) is noticed through the conspicuous reminiscences on classical antiquity, but it is also manifested through the use of artistic procedures of classical literature and the author’s high estimate of the accomplishment of pre-Christian Greek thought. In the first two types of classicism Constantine surpasses other medieval Serbian writers, while in the third he is unique among them, so his relying on classical tradition in this work is the result both of literary conventions caused by the choice of the genre of secular biography and of his belonging to the most liberal section of medieval Christian intellectuals.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2011/0584-98881148287R.pdfByzantine model of reception of classical heritagerhetorical classicism by inertiarhetorical classicism of tendentious archaizingideological classicism
spellingShingle Ristović Nenad
Aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta
Byzantine model of reception of classical heritage
rhetorical classicism by inertia
rhetorical classicism of tendentious archaizing
ideological classicism
title Aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher
title_full Aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher
title_fullStr Aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher
title_full_unstemmed Aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher
title_short Aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot Stefan Lazarević of Constantine the Philosopher
title_sort aspects of reception of classical heritage in biography of despot stefan lazarevic of constantine the philosopher
topic Byzantine model of reception of classical heritage
rhetorical classicism by inertia
rhetorical classicism of tendentious archaizing
ideological classicism
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