HIMNOGRAFSKI IZVORI PESME „DESET OBRAĆANJA BOGORODICI TROJERUČICI HILANDARSKOJˮ LJUBOMIRA SIMOVIĆA

Abstract

In the poem “Deset obraćanja Bogorodici Trojeručici hilandarskoj” by Ljubomir Simović, we recognize a characteristic poetic tendency of postwar Serbian modernism to return to medieval tradition and Orthodox spirituality. By invoking the image of the Mother of God and drawing on the poetics of church hymnography, the poet constructs a prayer-poem centered on the figure of the Theotokos, formed through a synthesis of Marian and hymnographic motifs. However, this poetic-hymnographic appeal to the Virgin Mary does not result in salvation, as it remains confined to aesthetic value, reflecting the inability of postwar modernist poetry to restore lost meaning or transcend the experience of spiritual emptiness. In this way, the poet makes a crucial shift in relation to traditional hymnography: instead of placing theological and soteriological concerns at the forefront, he replaces them with poetic and aesthetic ones.