%0 Journal Article
%T The testimony of the time: Aphorism
%A Ivanovi£¿-Bari£¿i£¿ Milina
%J Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
%D 2011
%I Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade
%R 10.2298/gei1102173i
%X Short literary form known as aphorism in the beginning of its development relied on saying. Aphorism concisely expresses general experience, life philosophy, situation and position of a man in this world, socio-political and historical paradoxes etc. Although it is often taken as a criticism of society, it can also be understood as a testimony of time. This paper reveals one aspect of this phenomenon that was neglected by literary theory - aphorism as a form of expressing author¡¯s attitude towards society and its reality.
%K aphorism
%K saying
%K satire
%K Serbia
%U http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2011/0350-08611102173I.pdf