In this study, specific features of emerging and development of Serbian short story (1845 -1865), has been examined; its relation towards tradition and literal conventions of former sentimentalistic and enlightening epoch, toward a parallel developments in this field of literary work and literary-historical context as a whole. The corpus of short stories of this period has been arranged and connected tipologicaly and their common structural characteristics have been established. In that context,, the position, role and significance of Bogoboj Atanacković, as a first Serbian writer and initiator in romantic orientation in Serbian short story, has been reexamined.
