2024 # 6 (68)
Mojsova-Chepishevska V.
Ante’s “Disobedience” a Score for Ante’s “Blue Poem”
Abstract
The mutual reception between the personal and collective identity in Ante Popovski’s poetry, has been emphasized by many literary scholars of Ante’s work and contemporary Macedonian poetry, and in that context in the place of Popovski in the Macedonian poetic canon. “...There is a less mystified image of Macedonia”, says Katica Kulavkova, “in which certain mental and emotional predispositions of Ante are mirrored: to sing movingly, psalmically, sublimely and elliptically, to make the song / poem a vow, solemn oath”. Like in “Disobedience” (“Непокор”, 1964). Like in “Blue poem” (“Сина песна”, 1984). For Ala Sesken, “Ante Popovski (like Blaze Koneski) has an exceptional faith in the possibilities of the Macedonian language and its inexhaustible lexical and expressive treasure”. “In the works and essays, of both Macedonian top poets, a task is realized, already formulated by Krste Misirkov in the book ‘On Macedonian Matters’ (‘За македонсцките работи’, 1903), where its written that it’s the intelligence duty to fight for the official recognition of its people and protect their interests”. This paper deals with reading two of his collections on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the collection “Disobedience” (1964) and 40 years of the collection “Blue poem” (1984).
Key words
Macedonian poetic canon, poem vow, mystified image of Macedonia