Dragiša Živković's Teorija književnosti sa teorijom pismenosti
Dragiša Živković Genre: Academic Textbook / Literary Theory / History of Literature Target Audience: Students of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian literature, and General Literature students. dragisa zivkovic teorija knjizevnosti pdf
Detailed breakdowns of prose, poetry, and drama that have helped generations of students categorize works. Amazon
, remaining a standard reference in gymnasiums and philological faculties for decades. Amazon.com Finding the Text Online (PDF) He famously argues that literature is "organized deviation"
Živković starts by asking: What makes a text literary? He distinguishes between practical, scientific, and artistic language. For him, literariness lies in (multiple meanings), aesthetic function , and fictionality . He famously argues that literature is "organized deviation" from everyday speech.
| Serbian Term | English Equivalent | Zivkovic’s Take | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Literary Species | The smallest unit of genre classification (e.g., ode, elegy). | | Fabulа i sјuže | Fabula vs. Syuzhet | The chronological story vs. the artistic arrangement of events. | | Lirski subjekt | Lyrical Subject | The “I” inside a poem – not the author, but a construct. | | Stih | Verse | Zivkovic created detailed taxonomies of syllable-accentual verse. | | Groteska | Grotesque | A crucial genre in Balkan literature, merging horror and comedy. |