Review article
https://doi.org/10.31820/f.34.2.14
ANTE STARČEVIĆ AS A SATIRIST AND A HUMOURIST
Luka Brajković
orcid.org/0000-0002-1448-6641
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Pravni fakultet
Abstract
Although Ante Starčević is primarily labelled as a politician, member of Parliament, and
the leader of the Party of Rights, it is an indisputable fact that the mentioned
determinants reflect only one segment of his activities and only one aspect of his layered personality. Bearing that in mind, Starčević is also recognized as a linguist, a philosopher, and a writer. This essay puts emphasis on Starčević as a writer, especially as one of a satirical-educational orientation, whose contribution to the Croatian literature has been recognized relatively late. First, a short historical overview of the development of awareness of Starčević as a writer and a satirist in journalism and the history of Croatian literature is given. After a brief overview of this development, the author analyses the pamphlet strategies and satirical techniques Starčević employed to achieve a satirical intonation in his literary works. In the conclusion the author makes an attempt to determine the place that Starčević should occupy in Croatian literature.
Keywords
Ante Starčević; humour; satire; literary activity
Hrčak ID:
289276
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Publication date:
30.12.2022.
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