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https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.52.1.18
How Zadar Read Marulić: Zoranić’s Intertextual Dialogue with Marulić’s “Prayer against the Turks”
Divna Mrdeža Antonina
; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za kroatistiku
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The intertextual relationship between Marko Marulić’s “Prayer Against the Turks” and its adapted version in Petar Zoranić’s “Mountains” is both complex and layered. Zoranić does not merely incorporate fragments of Marulić’s text, but reinterprets and recontextualizes its themes, entering a poetic dialogue which shifts the framework of the original. His version presents a new poetic model for expressing the theme of prayer, aligning with humanist poetics that harmonize classical mythological motifs with Christian devotional expression. The inclusion of Marulić’s “Prayer” in “Mountains” also invites interpretation within the diegetic layer, particularly in relation to the shepherd Zoran’s journey – an autobiographical fiction of Zoranić himself – through semantically rich landscapes. Of particular interest is the pastoral allusion to the royal lineage of the old katunar Gostmil, who, in keeping with the conventions of the genre, requests a rendition of a poem by the shepherd Marul – a prefiguration of Marulić. Notably, early historiography critiqued Marulić for overlooking the figure of King Gostimil, a prominent character in hagiographic texts, chronicles, and iconography as a Croatian/Dalmatian ruler. In Zoranić’s narrative, the invocation of “Prayer Against the Turks” and the reference to Gostmil’s royal ancestry converge within a chapter concerned with themes of scattered heritage and the Tetačić clan. Here, the cited poem becomes more than a literary ornament – it engages with deeper semantic layers of the novel’s meditation on homeland and identity.
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1.4.2026.
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