НЕГОВАЊЕ КУЛТА СВЕТЕ ПЕТКЕ У РЕЛИГИОЗНОЈ ПОЕЗИЈИ СРПСКЕ ПЕСНИКИЊЕ ДАНИЦЕ ЗОРКЕ РАШКОВИЋ

Abstract

The subject matter of this paper is the work of the first romantic poetess Danica Zorka Rašković (1849–1910) from Belgrade, which is observed in the context of searching for common elements in Serbian and Romanian culture. Her work has remained unknown to a wider readership, and this time the focus will be on a lyric poem about Serbian-Romanian saint (Saint Petka). As a very young poetess, Danica Zorka Rašković published four poem collections in Belgrade: Slavopoj (two collections, 1866 and 1867), Milosplet (1868), Tugospev (1868). Literary critique had no positive reaction to the poetic texts by the young poetess (S. Novaković, V. Jagić). The collection of religious poetry Milosplet (1868) contains lyric and epic poems, and among the lyric texts there is a poem Saint Petka, which speaks about this uniquely revered Serbian-Romanian saint. The cult of Saint PetkaParaskevahas been nurtured since the 15th century, owing to Princess Milica and a poetess Jefimija. Saint Petka Paraskeva is a patron saint of the Rašković family, which had special privileges in the region of Stari Vlah in western Serbia during the Ottoman Empire in the Middle Ages. The Rašković family gave a great number of warriors and elders in the Serbian uprisings, as well as a great number of cultural intellectuals.