THE PORTRAITS OF METROPOLITANS FROM KARLOVCI DIOCESE BY SERBIAN WRITERS OF 19^th AND 20^th CENTURY

Abstract

The essay is the result of the comparative study on two prominent Serbian writers from 19^th and 20^th century: Jakov Ignjatović and Veljko Petrović.  Particular attention is paid to the ways both of them have portrayed a few metropolitans of Karlovci diocese, offering pictures different from those presented by official history.  The authors tend to believe that each literary construction written in the context of so-called private history (despite its subjective point of view) has to be considered as relevant for a more truthful historical reconstruction.