Professional paper

The Work of Zrinski and Frankopan Authors in the Context of Croatian-Slavonian Culture of the 17th Century: Contemporary Notions and Interpretations of Their Cultural Impact in Historiographical and Croatian Studies Works

Josip Čekolj

Abstract

This article strives to analyze various interpretations and ideas about the cultural activities of the Zrinski and Frankopan authors in the 17th century. It offers an overview of a part of the literature from Croatian studies and the history of the Zrinsko-Frankopan cultural policy in the early modern period. The author questions the reasons for using the language based on the Kajkavian, Chakavian, and Shtokavian dialects in the literary and administrative texts of the Zrinski and Frankopan authors, as well as compares Croatian and historiographical works on the language which members of these two families used. In doing so, this works scrutinizes interpretations that present the activities of the so-called Ozalj linguistic-literary circle as organized and conscious efforts for linguistic, cultural, and political unification of Croats, which contributed to strengthening the position of the Zrinski and Frankopan families in the Croatian national ideology.

Keywords

Zrinski; Frankopan; Ozalj linguistic-literary circle; cultural policy; literary koinè with tridialectal basis

Hrčak ID:

301695

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/301695

Publication date:

24.12.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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