MUČENIČKA SMRT SVETOG KNEZA LAZARA – MEDIEVISTIČKO GLEDIŠTE

Abstract

This paper emphasizes the authority of the medieval text over the expression developed as a form of folk creation. Taking certain elements of medieval poetics into account – insepara- bility of Christianity from the written text, the meta historical concept of factography and the sacredness of the word (Word) – this paper compares the narrative rationalization of the key motivational elements in the two frameworks – Saint Prince Lazar’s choice of the Kingdom in Heavens. Although the martyrly summary of the events of the Battle of Kosovo initiates the creation of numerous texts belonging to different genres, a special review of the text on Saint Prince Andonija Rafail Epaktit is undertaken. By building the narrative character of his text, Andonije Rafail intervenes as the author in multiple ways. The emphasis is on the specific- ity of the intertextual connection during the description of the martyrly death, in a way and through symbols different from those used by other authors of the age who wrote about Prince Lazar and the Battle of Kosovo.