slovak literature is the literature of slovakia. ==history== ===middle ages=== the first monuments of literature from territory now included in present-day slovakia are from the time of great moravia (from 863 to the early 10th century). authors from this period are saint cyril, saint methodius and clement of ohrid. works from this period, mostly written on christian topics include: the poem proglas as a foreword to the four gospels, partial translations of the bible into old church slavonic, zakon sudnyj ljudem, etc. the medieval period covers the span from the 11th to the 15th century. literature in this period was written in latin, czech and slovakized czech. lyric poetry (prayers, songs and formulas) was still under the influence of the church, while epic poetry concentrated on legends. authors from this period include johannes de thurocz, author of the chronica hungarorum and maurus. secular literature also emerged and chronicles were written in this period. ===1500-1650=== literature of a national character first emerged in the 16th century, much later than for other national literatures. latin dominates as the written language in the 16th century. besides church topics, there was a development of antique topics, related to ancient greece and rome. the first slovak printed book was the book of oaths (1561) by vaÅ¡ek zaleskÃ½. an early slovak renaissance love poem is the anonymous epic silÃ¡di and hadmÃ¡zi (1560), set against a background of the turkish incursions into central europe. juraj tranovskÃ½ was sometimes called the father of slovak hymnody and issued several collections of hymns, the first being the latin odarum sacrarum sive hymnorum libri iii in 1629, but his most important and most famous word was cithara sanctorum (lyre of the saints), written in czech, which appeared in 1636 in levoÄa. this latter volume has formed the basis of czech and slovak lutheran hymnody to the present day. against the background of the scarcity of slovak literature, tranovskÃ½'s slovak hymns formed a source for raising national consciousness. ===1650-1780=== with the distinction between religious and secular literature that had started to develop in the renaissance period, the religious conflicts in slovakia during the baroque period led to a clear division between sacred and profane. daniel sinapius-horÄiÄka wrote latin poems and school dramas, religious prose, proverbs and select slovak spiritual poetry. his prose displays national consciousness, lauding the slovak language and criticizing the lack of patriotism among his fellow slovaks. hugolÃ­n gavloviÄ authored religious, moral, and educational writings in the conte
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