Marta Deyrup

The Vita Constantini

as Literary and Linguistic Construct for the Early Slavs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Vita Constantini is the first Slavic
hagiography and as such occupies a special position
among all Slavic literatures. St. Cyril created the
first Slavic literary language, Old Church Slavonic,
the Glagolitic alphabet, and undertook the first
translations of the Aprakos Gospel, the Aprakos
Apostle, and the Psalter into what had previously
been only an oral language. Frequently, the VC has
been referred to as a Graeco-Slavic document, a
phrase which hints at the complicated relationship
between the two cultures. The VC appears from an
analysis of its rhetorical devices to fit into what
might be called a subgenre of iconophile
hagiography. But because the VC is a life story it
also depicts how St. Cyril developed a cohesive
philosophy that formed his relationship with the
world. At its heart, the VC is about language. Old
Church Slavonic was created solely to allow the
Slavs to celebrate the liturgy. Because of this, its
early grammatical system, vocabulary, and
orthography would be closely tied to religious
doctrine. This would have profound implications for
the development of the Slavic language itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9783639134513
• ISBN-10: 3639134516
• Artikelnr.: 26119830

Autorenporträt

Marta M. Deyrup is Associate Professor, University
Libraries, Seton Hall University. She received her Ph.D. from
the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Columbia
University. Dr. Deyrup is the 2008 recipient of the award for
Distinguished Service to the American Association of Teachers of
Slavic and East European Languages.