ПРЕТСТАВИТЕ НА ПЕКОЛОТ И ЃАВОЛОТ ВО МАКЕДОНСКАТА КНИЖЕВНОСТ ОД XIX ВЕК
Journal
Спектар / Spektar
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Славчо Ковилоски
Abstract
In this paper, we analyze the depictions of hell and the devil in Macedonian
literature, in the 19th century. Notable works of moralizing-didactic character in
Macedonian literature are found in the first half of the 19th century, in the texts
of Kiril Pejcinovich, Theodosij Sinaitski and especially Joakim Krchovski.
Moreover, depictions of hell and the devil are found in various manuscripts
and the works of Grigor Prlicev, Jonche P. Snegar, Janaki Strezov, in the
folklore art by Miladinovci brothers, Stefan Verkovic, the Molerovi brothers,
in the remarkable stories by Marko Cepenkov and others. Their descriptions,
mention, and understanding of the term hell refer primarily to fire, as dominant
component of the Last Judgment, the place where sinners end up. It can also
be concluded that literary texts are stricter in penalizing perversion and crime.
Thus, in folklore art, the sale of the devil’s soul or its association with it leads
to the torment of the body in hell. Yet, even under such conditions, there are
examples in which the outcasts were delivered by fire or by the will of God in
the cauldron. The literary records of Macedonian writers know no forgiveness
and the possibility of deliverance: hell is dark, gloomy, and a hermetically
closed place from which there is no way out. As it can be seen from their and
other texts in question, the depictions of hell and the devil in the 19th century
Macedonian literature primarily have a moralizing-didactic role, which through
such plays was intended to deter believers from bad deeds and approaching
ethical and moral behavior.
literature, in the 19th century. Notable works of moralizing-didactic character in
Macedonian literature are found in the first half of the 19th century, in the texts
of Kiril Pejcinovich, Theodosij Sinaitski and especially Joakim Krchovski.
Moreover, depictions of hell and the devil are found in various manuscripts
and the works of Grigor Prlicev, Jonche P. Snegar, Janaki Strezov, in the
folklore art by Miladinovci brothers, Stefan Verkovic, the Molerovi brothers,
in the remarkable stories by Marko Cepenkov and others. Their descriptions,
mention, and understanding of the term hell refer primarily to fire, as dominant
component of the Last Judgment, the place where sinners end up. It can also
be concluded that literary texts are stricter in penalizing perversion and crime.
Thus, in folklore art, the sale of the devil’s soul or its association with it leads
to the torment of the body in hell. Yet, even under such conditions, there are
examples in which the outcasts were delivered by fire or by the will of God in
the cauldron. The literary records of Macedonian writers know no forgiveness
and the possibility of deliverance: hell is dark, gloomy, and a hermetically
closed place from which there is no way out. As it can be seen from their and
other texts in question, the depictions of hell and the devil in the 19th century
Macedonian literature primarily have a moralizing-didactic role, which through
such plays was intended to deter believers from bad deeds and approaching
ethical and moral behavior.
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