Voices From Older Bosniak Literature: Cultural Memory and Collective Identity in Some Texts Of Alhamiado Literature

Abstract

This work deals with older Bosniak literature where alhamiado poetry plays important role between oral and writen culture. The focus in this work is in some older literary forms such as arzuhal and mahzar. They are interpreted as parts of Bosniak`s literary heritage, but also as places where cultural memory and collective identity play important role.