The role of the author in the hagiographic narrative: Selected examples of Serbian lives

Abstract

The theoretical and historical questions discussed in this paper concern the relationship between the hagiographical text, its author and its audience. Within the overall structure of the work, the author’s role as the direct or indirect witness to the story of the holy man and his deeds is analyzed by using characteristic examples from Serbian hagiographies and their models belonging to the Byzantine hagiographical tradition.

Keywords

• hagiography
• author
• witness
• credibility
• truthfulness