Professional paper
Suggestiveness and Power of Matas‘ Polemical Disputes at the Beginning of Croatian National Revival in Dalmatia
Miljenko Buljac
; High school "Dinko Šimunović" Sinj
Abstract
Father Ante Konstantin Matas (1833.–1884.), in turmoil of
60s of XIX century, deserved the title of a resolute supporter of
Croatian national revival in Sinj and Dalmatia; he was the most
zealous, determined defender of the entire Croatian culture. He
was the grammar school head-master of Javni viši hervatski
gimnazij in Sinj, and, at the end of his life, in Dubrovnik too; he
was also a councillor populist in the municipality of Split. Matas’
polemical booklets: Glas hrvatsko-slovinski iz Dalmacije (1860)
and Šilo za ognjilo (1861) are founded on reliable historical and
other sources, and by the power of evidence they surpass the
scientific debates. Since they have not been mentioned in the
historical literary reviews and are not widely known, they require
classification, new evaluation and assessment. The aim of this
article is to show the most important components that make them
a suggestive polemical, i.e. journalistic, reading piece of Croatian
literature.
Keywords
polemical reading; publicist writing; revival; Italianization; language defender; dialogue
Hrčak ID:
38888
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2009.
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