Hvar City Theatre Days, Vol. 35 No. 1, 2009.
Original scientific paper
Nahvao – nazbilj Quarrels; Tirena »Affair« and Vetranović’s Apology by Poem honoring Marin Držić
Goranka Šutalo
orcid.org/0000-0002-6706-4143
; Faculty of philosophy in Zagreb
Abstract
In an attempt of understanding the reasons which caused the »affair« regarding Držić’s Tirena, in which he was accused of being a plagiarizer of Mavro Vetranović, it is necessary to take into consideration not only the literary motifs and arguments for the accusation, but also those motives which come from wider social contexts. At the same time, it is important to »touch upon« the problem of both points of view and, according to them, try to answer the basic question in order to solve the afore mentioned »affair«. That question is – Who are Držić’s accusers? It is essential to mention Vetranović’s poem Pjesanca Marinu Držiću u pomoć (The poem about helping Marin Držić) which is, as the testimony of Vetranović’s defense of Držić, a peculiar historic literary document. Držić’s poetic epistle Svitlomu i vridnomu vlastelinu Sabu Nikolinovu (To the illustrious squire Sab Nikolinov) is in the same way important; the author addresses the squire in order to ask for help, witnessing at the same time the importance of the literature in public life.
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72831
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Publication date:
3.5.2009.
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