Jelka Ređep

Jelka Ređep
Jelka Ređep
Јелка Ређеп
Born	Jelka Petrović; 27 April 1936; Novi Sad, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	18 December 2014 (aged 78); Novi Sad, Serbia
Occupations	Literary historian, academic, author
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Novi Sad (MA, PhD)
Thesis	The Story of the Kosovo Battle (1972)
Academic work
Discipline	Literary history; Medieval literature;
Sub-discipline	Medieval and folk literature, Serbian medieval studies
Institutions	University of Novi Sad; University of Niš; University of Berlin; University of Halle; University of Regensburg;
Notable works	The Story of the Kosovo Battle (1979); The Legend of King Zvonimir (1987); Sin and Divine Punishment: Fates, Battles, and Traditions of the Serbian Middle Ages (2013)

Jelka Ređep (née Petrović) (Serbian: Јелка Ређеп; 27 April 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Serbian literary historian and professor specialising in medieval Serbian literature and oral tradition. A longtime faculty member at the University of Novi Sad, her research focused in particular on the Kosovo legend and the relationship between written and oral traditions.