Bosnian-Herzegovinian literature: the history of a transnational concept and its prospects in the post-conflict society

• Authors: Petr Stehlík
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

One way the decentralization of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) manifested at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s was the consolidation of the cultural individuality of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). An integral part of this process was the elaboration of a concept of Bosnian- Herzegovinian literature, which, through its future canon, was supposed to integrate domestic literary traditions as well as contemporary writings by all authors from BiH, regardless of their ethnic origins or self-identifications. What were the arguments of the proponents of such a transnational approach to the classification of literature, and what challenges did they face? How did they conceive Bosnian-Herzegovinian literature? What were the milestones of its affirmation, and did the process continue after the collapse of the SFRY? What are the forms, limits, and prospects of employing the concept in today’s BiH, affected by the persistent ethnic polarization of society caused by the armed conflict in 1992–1995? The paper aims to seek answers to these questions and thus reveal some aspects of the post-conflict heritage of contemporary BiH in the field of culture.

Keywords

EN

Bosnian-Herzegovinian literature; literature of Bosnia and Herzegovina; transnational literature; national literature; cultural history of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bosnian studies; Yugoslav studies; post-Yugoslav studies

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 317-339
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Petr Stehlík

• Slovanský přehled, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic