%0 Journal Article %T Toward Modernity – the Ideological and Cultural Frames of the Serbian Revolution in the 19th Century %A Kubik, Damian %J Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis %V 2021 %R 10.4467/20843933ST.21.020.14369 %N Volume 16, Issue 4 %P 293-303 %K Modernity, Serbian Revolution, Dositej Obradović, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Svetozar Marković %@ 1897-3035 %D 2021 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-litteraria-uic/article/toward-modernity-the-ideological-and-cultural-frames-of-the-serbian-revolution-in-the-19th-century %X The research analyzes the Serbian Uprisings against the Ottomans as the transgression into Modernity. A special consideration is given to ideological and cultural changes in Serbia in the 19th century. The author explains how the overthrow of the Turkish rule made it possible to initiate the process of creating of the modern Serbian state, nation and culture. The paper analyzes selected works of Serbian authors and activists: Dositej Obradović, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić and Svetozar Marković who contributed significantly to the success of the Serbian transformation in their cultural and ideological spheres. The article conludes that the Serbian Revolution created a model of political and social progress in the Balkans. * The paper was delivered at the ASEEES 49th Annual Convention, Chicago, November 9‒12, 2017.