A single 1847 verse drama glorified the extermination of Slavic Muslims
Evidence
The key figure in the reconstruction of the Lazar story was vladika Petar II Petrovic (1813-1851), better known under the name of Njegos. Njegos’s key work is The Mountain Wreath (Gorski v~enac), published in 1847 and considered by many Serb nationalists to be the central work of all Serbian literature.” The work, a historical drama in verse, portrays and glorifies the Christmas Eve extermination of Slavic Muslims at the hands of Serb warriors. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 144
Categorization
- SEED: Centerpiece for an essay on how canonical national literature can encode genocide as sacred duty — a genre spanning other national epics.