Jovan Deretić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Деретић, [jǒʋan derětit͡ɕ]; 22 January 1934 – 16 June 2002) was a Serbian historian and author of Serbian literary history.[1] His work Istorija Srpske književnosti (1983) is the standard work in Serbian literary history.[2] He is sometimes confused with pseudohistorian Jovan I. Deretić.[2]

Jovan Deretić
BornJanuary 22, 1934
DiedJune 16, 2002(2002-06-16) (aged 68)
NationalitySerbian, Yugoslav
Years active1969–2002

Deretić was born in the village of Orahovac near Trebinje on 22 January 1934.[3] He completed gymnasium high school in Trebinje and Vrbas and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade in 1958.[3] He completed his doctoral degree in Belgrade as well in 1965 with a thesis under the title "Composition of the Gorski Vijenac".[3]

Selected works

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  • Jovan Deretić (1969). Kompozicija Gorskog vijenca. Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Socijalističke Republike Srbije. ISBN 9788676590827.
  • Jovan Deretić (1978). Ogledi iz narodnog pesništva. Slovo ljubve.
  • Jovan Deretić (1981). Srpski roman: 1800-1950. Nolit.
  • Jovan Deretic (1983). Romantizam: studija i hrestomatija. Veselin Maslesa.
  • Jovan Deretić (1987). Kratka istorija srpske književnosti. Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod. ISBN 9788613000600.
  • Jovan Deretić (1989). Poetika prosvećivanja: književnost i nauka u delu Dositeja Obradovića. Književne novine. ISBN 9788639101732.
  • Jovan Deretić (1996). Put srpske književnosti: identitet, granice, težnje. Srpska književna zadruga. ISBN 9788637906193.
  • Jovan Deretić (1997). Poetika srpske književnosti. "Филип Вишњић. ISBN 9788673631875. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

References

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  1. ^ Sabrina P. Ramet (1 July 2005). Serbia since 1989: Politics and Society under Milopevic and After. University of Washington Press. pp. 190–. ISBN 978-0-295-80207-7.
  2. ^ a b Eric Gordy (23 August 2013). Guilt, Responsibility, and Denial: The Past at Stake in Post-Milosevic Serbia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-0-8122-0860-3.
  3. ^ a b c Krešimir Georgijević (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 92.