Interpretive possibilities of the short story "Kraljević Marko for the second times among Serbsˮ by Radoje Domanović in teaching circumstances

Abstract

Summary: The paper examines the interpretative possibilities of the short story "Kraljević Marko for the second time among the Serbsˮ by Radoje Domanović in teaching process. Since the mentioned work is not included in the contents of the current teaching programs, the intention of this paper is to offer a methodological template that would indicate the distinct correlative power of this short story and its useful value, and thus use the teaching potential of this literary work. The research is thereby placed in the teaching field of study, the basic theoretical-methodological starting point in the interpretation of Domanović's short story will be within the field of literature teaching methodology. Taking into account the age of the pupils and their achievements, the character of Marko Kraljević stands out as the central integrative factor of the teaching analysis, which is viewed in relation to his template from oral literature. Similarities and differences in the hero's characterization procedures are observed with a comparative approach, while the peculiarity of the artistic world of Domanović's satire is revealed at the same time. The correlative power of the short story "Kraljević Marko for the second time among the Serbsˮ is thus primarily realized vertically, within the subject Serbian language and literature, while, other possibilities of functional connection of the contents of different subjects are proposed at the review level. Finally, the work also opens up the issue of the phenomenon of readers' reception with an effort to determine whether and to what extent Radoje Domanović's satire encourages laughter among pupils of the modern age.