The paper explores the occurrence, meaning, and function of the echo motif in Old Croatian Literature through five focal points. The first part presents the echo motif, which was often named ...differently by Croatian authors. It analyzes the story of Narcissus and Echo from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, juxtaposes it to the modes of the imaginary (echo, shadow, mirror) and the mirror structure, and defines the corpus of primary texts – eighteen works from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. The second part explores the echo motif in the works of M. Vetranović Čavčić, N. Nalješković, S. Bobaljević Mišetić, F. Lukarević Burina, and M. Gazarović. The third part reveals the relationship between the seventeenth-cenutry Croatian authors and the echo motif, analyzing the works of I. Gundulić, Dž. Bunić Vučić, J. Palmotić, V. Skvadrović, P. Zrinski, P. Ritter Vitezović, F. Krsto Frankopan, and J. Habdelić. The fourth part examines the work of eighteenthcentury Croatian authors, A. Gleđević, J. Kavanjin, A. Kanižlić, M.P. Katančić, V. Došen, and the comedy Gospodarica od Elide The Mistress of d'Elide by an anonymous author. The paper argues that the echo motif occurs frequently in a more serious context, and less frequently in a comedic context, and that it is connected with romantic, reflexive, tragic, and quotidian topics. In addition, the echo motif offers an auditive expansion of space and, in terms of a mirror structure, functions as an imaginary double that contributes to a specific character’s awareness of self and the world around them.
After liberation of Slavonia from the Ottomans in 1699, the long-standing process of its recovery followed. As educated people, the Franciscans sought to teach people of Slavonia and religious works ...played an important role in this process. One of them was Franciscan Đuro Rapić (Stara Gradiška, 1714 - Đakovo, 1777). Rapić is the author of two extensive books of sermons (Svakomu po malo, 1762, p. 486, Od svakoga po malo, 1764, p. 654) and the works on Satyr (Satir, 1766). This paper analyzes sermons from the aforementioned collections and distinguishes individual segments of homilies that confirm Rapić's moral and didactic engagement as a writer. Through his efforts, Rapić certainly fit in the frames of the Catholic renewal of the 18th century, contributing simultaneously to the formation of the religious generic repertoire of Croatian literature of that time.
Nakon oslobođenja Slavonije od Turaka 1699. uslijedio je dugotrajan proces njezina oporavka. U tome su važnu ulogu imali franjevci koji su kao obrazovani ljudi nastojali vjerskim djelima podučiti ...neuki slavonski puk. Među njima je bio i franjevac Đuro Rapić (Stara Gradiška, 1714. – Đakovo, 1777.). Rapić je autor dviju opsežnih knjiga propovijedi (Svakomu po malo, 1762., str. 486, Od svakoga po malo, 1764., str. 654) i djela o satiru (Satir, 1766.). U ovome se radu analiziraju propovijedi iz spomenutih zbirki te izdvajaju pojedini segmenti homilija koji potvrđuju Rapićevu moralno-didaktičnu usmjerenost kao pisca. Tim se svojim nastojanjima Rapić svakako uklapao u okvire katoličke obnove 18. stoljeća istodobno pridonijevši oblikovanju vjerskoga generičkog repertoara hrvatske književnosti toga doba.
After liberation of Slavonia from the Ottomans in 1699, the long-standing process of its recovery followed. As educated people, the Franciscans sought to teach people of Slavonia and religious works ...played an important role in this process. One of them was Franciscan Đuro Rapić (Stara Gradiška, 1714 - Đakovo, 1777). Rapić is the author of two extensive books of sermons (Svakomu po malo, 1762, p. 486, Od svakoga po malo, 1764, p. 654) and the works on Satyr (Satir, 1766). This paper analyzes sermons from the aforementioned collections and distinguishes individual segments of homilies that confirm Rapić's moral and didactic engagement as a writer. Through his efforts, Rapić certainly fit in the frames of the Catholic renewal of the 18th century, contributing simultaneously to the formation of the religious generic repertoire of Croatian literature of that time.
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