Scholarly Article
Vita Constantini: Who, When, Where
Długosz, Natalia
2022-02-10 · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne · Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Abstract
This review is a short presentation and an analysis of the book Кой, кога, къде в простарнното житие на св. Константин-Кирил (Vita Constantini: who, when, where) by Maya Ivanova and Tsvetomira Danova, published in 2021 in Sofia. The book consists of two main parts. The first and most extensive part is a kind of lexicon with 177 entries: personal name and by-names of actual historical figures; biblical and mythological characters; names of ethnonyms, tribes and languages; geographic names (including names of sacred objects), difficult and archaic words. Part II contains the text of the Vita. The book is a handbook intended for a wide groupof lay audiences, including Bulgarian Studies scholars abroad. This handbook is a coherent and well-thought-out entity. The study combines the condition of scientific credibility with the feature of accessibility. There is a need for similar teaching aids in the didactic process of students of Slavic studies.
Keywords
Vita Constantini, medieval hagiographic literature, Slavic studies, reference book, didactic aspect
Citation Details
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, pp. 331-340