KOMIZAN FACENDAS

Sa？etak Jo？ko Bo？ani？ did research on a simple narative form of oral folk literature from Komi？a on the island of Vis. The simple form os oral folk literature that is subject of Bo？ani？’s lingvistical investigation is a kind of short story named ？facenda？. The source for his research is limited by the fact that the contemporary standard language is rapidly pushing aside the local dialect of Komi？a and by the fact that the number of people to interview is small. The main aim of Bo？ani？’s research is to identify literal values of oral stories created in an enviroment in which verbal communication is not mediated by any media. Also, Bo？ani？ published here a representative collection of short oral stories heared from old Komi？ian story tellers and added a comprehensive dictionary