University of Novi Sad in the context of Jelka Ređep

Jelka Ređep (née Petrović) (Serbian: Јелка Ређеп; 27 April 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Serbian literary historian and professor known for her influential research on medieval Serbian literature and oral tradition. A longtime faculty member at the University of Novi Sad, she specialised in the Kosovo legend and the interplay between written and folk narratives. Her research uncovered numerous manuscript variants and reshaped scholarly understanding of Serbian medieval narratives. Ređep's work remains influential in the study of literary myth-making and cultural memory in the Balkans.