Stavovi Hamze Hume o jeziku i književnosti u autorskom tekstu o nacionalizmu u bh. književnosti

Abstract

The paper discuses Hamza Humo’s text “Nationalism in BH literature” published in 1929 in the book Effort of Bosnia and Herzegovina for liberation and unification. The text presents an overview of development of Bosnian literature from the 17th century to the beginning of the First World War. Humo’s attitude towards language and literature in the works of some writters is observed, as well as Humo’s language in the text itself. Bosniak literature and the Bosnian language are not specifically presented in this text, but only as part of the development of literature and language in the wider Yugoslav area. Nevertheless, the name Bosnian language is mentioned in the text, and it is treated more as label for the dialect and the literary realisation of that speech, considering the fact that the classical processes of language standardization had not yet begun. Many writers mentioned in this text also spokes about language in their works, which Humo underlines only occasionally. This text is also significant for the study of the history of literature and language in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the interwar period.