The plot of the Mediterranean ballad in the Romance tradition, known under the title of Noble pastora (the Noble Shepherdess), is analysed in this paper, largely on the examples of Castillian and Dalmatian variants. It is emphasised that this ballad is one in which philological criticism has identified the existence of genetic affinity between Greek, Albanian, Croatian, Italian, French and Hispanic ballads.
U članku autor istražuje mediteranske balade priču o plemenitih pastira, kao i tekst, što aktsentualizuyetsya semantički aspekt slike žena u smislu seljačkog mentaliteta nasuprot mentalitetu plemenite elite. Glavni ženski lik ove balade smatra se u pogledu obiteljskih i društvenih odnosa.