THE MASTER NARRATIVE AS ROOT METAPHOR FOR THE BATTLE OF KOSOVO

Abstract

The Kosovo myth existed in various forms for centuries. We are considering the Kosovo story as generic story, some kind of metaphor through which the past or current historical moments are (re)interpreted. In different genres, we recognized similar ways of creating a master narrative. Comparing the verbal and pictoral narrative, we tried to recognize status que, core story. The acters in that story are: a traitor who is not a traitor, a dead man who has come to life, an innocent slandered man. In the paradox we recognize the vitality of the story, its ability to spread.