▁K atic . ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁ ▁Most ▁literature ▁written ▁by ▁early ▁Ser bs ▁was ▁about ▁religious ▁them es . ▁Vari ous ▁g osp els , ▁ps al ters , ▁men ologies , ▁h agi ograph ies , ▁and ▁ess ays ▁and ▁ser m ons ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁were ▁written . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century , ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁pieces ▁of ▁Ser bian ▁medieval ▁literature ▁were ▁created – ▁the ▁Mi ros lav ▁G osp els ▁and ▁the ▁V uk an ▁G osp els , ▁which ▁combined ▁hand written ▁Bib lic al ▁texts ▁with ▁painted ▁initial s ▁and ▁small ▁pictures . ▁Notable ▁Bar o que - infl uen ced ▁authors ▁were ▁And ri ja ▁Z ma je vić , ▁G av ril ▁Stefan ović ▁V enc lo vić , ▁J ovan ▁Raj ić , ▁Z ah ar ije ▁Or fel in ▁and ▁others . ▁D os ite j ▁O br ad ović ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁figure ▁of ▁the ▁Age ▁of ▁En light en ment , ▁while ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁Classic ist ▁writer ▁was ▁J ovan ▁Ster ija ▁Pop ović , ▁although ▁his ▁works ▁also ▁contained ▁elements ▁of ▁Rom antic ism . ▁Modern ▁Ser bian ▁literature ▁began ▁with ▁V uk ▁Kar ad ž ić ' s ▁collections ▁of ▁folk ▁songs ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁and ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁N j ego š ▁and ▁Bran ko ▁Rad ič e vić . ▁The ▁first ▁prominent