Trader Kanjoš Macedonović as a Montenegrin National MythPremović, Marijan (Avtor) Kanjoš Macedonovićnational mythVenicePaštrovićiMontenegroThis paper presents the story of Kanjoš Macedonović (1870), written by Montenegrin author Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša (1822–1878). The tale of Kanjoš, a well-known literary text about the protagonist’s visit to Venice in the 15th century, lends itself to numerous historical, humanistic, and interdisciplinary interpretations. In the paper, the author reconstructs the historic significance of Kanjoš’s battle with the giant Furlan, a symbolic representation of the relationship with Venetian authorities and the granting of trade privileges as a reward to the medieval Montenegrin Paštrovići clan. Kanjoš is a national hero characterised by high moral standards and a desire to fight honestly for the rights of his people. The paper analyses the importance of this narration in terms of national literary myth and as a symbol of the Montenegrins’ struggle for independence in the 19th century. One of the essential components of this struggle was resistance. Along with the story, the paper elucidates the influence of the writer Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša on Montenegrin nation building in the second half of the 19th century in which mediaeval history played a major role.20212026-09-03 15:26:52Delo ni kategorizirano32280UDK: 821.163.41(497.16).09:930.85(497.16), 94(05)ISSN pri članku: 1318-0185DOI: 10.19233/AH.2021.14COBISS_ID: 116626179slImetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji. CC BY-NC 4.0