Some characteristics of patriotic lyric poetry by Safvet-beg Bašagić

Abstract

One of the most significant figures of Bosniak cultural and literary revival during the period of Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia was certainly Safvet-beg Bašagić. With an exceptionally wide range of occupations and diverse activities in the field of culture and social and political activity in general, he enormously contributed to the affirmation of the national and cultural identity of Bosniaks and their inclusion in the European socio-historical and cultural context. In the relatively rich literary opus of Safvet-beg Bašagić, one of the most important places certainly belongs to his patriotic lyric poetry. In the current paper, we will point out the sources of his lyric poetry, some of its poetic characteristics, and the most important traits of the two phases that appear in the development of this type of Bašagić's lyric poetry. Keywords: Austro-Hungarian period, revival literature, cultural revival, patriotic lyric poetry