The Old-Serbian culture in the categories of Latinitas and Cyrillianitas

Izabela Lis-Wielgosz

Abstract

This paper presents a definition of Old-Serbian culture in the categories of Latinitas and Cyrillianitas, and indicates, on the one hand, the problem of incoherence, difficulties in relation to, not only, one category, but also to the whole terminological repertoire. There is no concept in the repertoire which can become an unambiguous and exclusive evidence of a definite cultural system or a collection of cultural systems; on the other hand the paper is an attempt at referring these categories to a description of a specific case. The presentation of Old-Serbian culture by means of both categories shows its specific status of functioning “between”, “toward” and “over” the circles of civilisation, cultural centres and traditions.

Keywords:

staroserbska kultura, Latinitas, Cyrillianitas, Slavia, tradycja, język, literatura