Intellectual and literary engagement of Dobrica Ćosić in homeland

Abstract

Dobrica chose for his life, literary refuge and activity in culture his homeland Ribrska Banja, Vrnjačka Banja, Kruševac and Velika Drenova. For the majority of his important literary oeuvres Dobrica Ćosić had literary workshops in Ribarska and Vrnjačka Banja. He was familiar with the mentality and character of Moravian peasants, their destiny, characters, phrases, consciousness and sub-consciousness, atmosphere, the smell of the earth, winds, water... Numerous literary motives and prototypes in the novels of Dobrica Ćosić have their source in his Moravian homeland.

Keywords

• dobrica ćosić
• homeland
• culture
• literary workshops
• prototypes
• novels
• essays