Original scientific paper
CROATIAN CULTURAL AND POLITICIAL REALITY OF THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN THE POETRY OF RIKARD KATALINIĆ JERETOV
Nevio Šetić
; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
Rikard Katalinić Jeretov (Volosko, 1869 – Split, 1954) wrote both poetry and prose, although he was better known as a poet than as a prose writer. His poetry – especially the pieces written in the late 19th and early 20th century - is dominated by patriotism: love of the Croatian homeland disunited by the established dualist Habsburg Monarchy. Istria and Dalmatia were in the Austrian, while Banska Croatia (Croatia and Slavonia) belonged to the Hungarian part of the Monarchy. The city and port of Rijeka came under the Hungarian rule in 1868, as well as Medjimurje (part of Zaladska County) and Baranja (part of Baranja County). Bosnia and Herzegovina, also inhabited by many Croats, first became a protectorate of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1878, and then its annexed part in 1908. Following Croatian politics of the time, and being its supporter and promoter, Rikard Katalinić Jeretov significantly contributed with his poetry to the strengthening of the Croatian national consciousness and of the Croatian identity in general. He wanted the Croatian lands to be united, and Croats to feel at home on their own lands. His poetry is mostly represented through traditional poems in which he celebrates events and persons from the Croatian cultural and political life.
Keywords
poem; culture; politics; identity; patriotism; Istria; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
133982
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2014.
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