On The Issue Of The Geme Characteristics Of Tablic's Poem Lubinský z Lubiné a Rozína Milovská

Abstract

The poem Lubiský z Lubiné a Rozína Milovská (Lubiský from Lubiná and Rozina Milovská) proves the syncretic nature of Bohuslav Tablic´s poetry. In the literary-historical overviews to date the accent has been placed on its didactic, even moralistic character, which is suggested by the subtitle as well as the basic plotline: the just punishment of a wrong deed, a violation of the moral law. The detailed analysis of the text questions the straightfoward genre identification of it as a marketplace song having moralistic tendencies. The didactic principle is minimized, it is only used on the thematic level. Tablic carefully chose to use such means that help divert attention from the „warning story“ itself to the inner tragedy of the main character Rozina – he tactically employed e.g. the motif of fear and mysteriousness, strong emotionality and suspense in the narration. Noticing the features moves the genre identification of this poem of Tablic´s closer to the ballad.

Keywords

• marketplace song
• ballad
• moralizing
• mysteriousness
• emotionality