THE ARCHEOLOGY OF LANGUAGE AND POETRY FOR BEGINNERS – APPLICATION OF ORAL LYRICS IN DIALECT IN TEACHING

Abstract

Oral lyric poetry in a dialect can be found neither in the curriculum nor in textbooks. The purpose of this paper is to promote homeland literature as a step toward gaining insight into universal culture and civilization while its main objective is to present the methods and importance of a significant teaching principle in training students coming from a dialectal environment – the homeland principle, which implies getting acquainted with the literature originating from the homeland characterized by homeland motifs and dialect. Concurrently, this paper aims at suggesting the possibilities of applying oral lyric poetry in a dialect while teaching students who come from the environment marked by the concordance between the standard language and native tongue, or by slight deviations between the two, as well as at presenting relevant sources from which to obtain material for such activities. This would allow for a more thorough and complete understanding of our oral lyric poetry and acquiring the value and messages it conveys. The applicability of oral lyric poetry is observed in regular classes of the Serbian language and literature (studying perusal, the history of the Serbian language, acquiring standard language and dialect concepts, studying author literature in a dialect, etc.), in extracurricular classes, as well as in the correlation with other school subjects (history, geography, music).