Ivan Slamnig as a comparativist

Prikazuju se dva vida Slamnigova komparatističkog rada: njegovi načelni stavovi o poredbenoj književnosti i njegov rad s konkretnim materijalom. Prvo od toga dvoga ilustrira se njegovim studijama kontinuitet evropske metaforike u hrvatskoj književnosti i mediteranski položaj i sjevernjačke vizije Hrvata, a drugo raspravama "Neke specifične crte hrvatske barokne poezije" i "Pristup Marinu Držiću s ove obale". Nakon prikaza Slamnigova specifičnog položaja u struci (jer bio je i znanstvenik i književnik), zaključuje se kako njegovi radovi anticipiraju dobar dio onoga što se danas u proučavanju književnosti smatra aktualnim.In this essay two aspects of Slamnig’s comparativist research are examined – his generalised reflections on comparative literature and his case studies. Two examples of the former are the following studies: The Continuity of the European Metaphorics in the Croatian Literature and The Mediterranean Position and the Nordic Visions of Croats. Examples of the latter are Some Peculiarities of Croatian Baroque Poetry and Marin Dr‘i} From This Side of the Adriatic. The essay discusses the specific nature of Slamnig’s dual position (since he was both a critic and a writer) and ends with the conclusion that many aspects of his work anticipate contemporary literary criticism

Chilhood in Lyric

Through the examples of texts of modern Croatian poets (from Šimić and Tadijanović, Vesna Parun and Kaštelan, to Šoljan and Ivančan) the author shows how childhood is portrayed in lyrical poetry asking why this topic is sometimes emphasised and at other times marginalized by different poetics. He concludes that the predisposition for the appearance of this motif lies in the understanding that the human existence is inconsistent; therefore, person changes in different periods of his/her life. Those poetics that insist on the intuitive recognition focus readily on childhood, unlike those that stress childhood’s rational dimension. This paper shows various stages of the topic of childhood as appropriated by different generations of the 20th century Croatian poets

What is Nazor’s Živana?

Nazorova Živana napisana je u Zadru 1902. i prije ponovljenog izdanja 1946. prerađivana je nekoliko puta. Navodeći razloge zbog kojih je u dosadašnjim istraživanjima - za razliku od ostalih autorovih djela - ostala zanemarena, u radu se nakon provedene analize određuje genološka pripadnost Živane epu te upućuje na nove njezine aspekte i na razloge višekratnih autorovih dorada. Na kraju se zaključuje kako Živana pruža podlogu za jednu alternativnu Nazorovu pjesničËku biografiju kojom se otvaraju nova tumačenja ne samo ovoga epa, već i sveukupnoga autorovog književnog opusa.Nazor’s Živana was written in Zadar in 1902 and before a second edition in 1946, it was rewritten several times. Listing reasons why in the so far research it has - as opposed to the other works by the same author - received little attention, after a conducted analysis, the paper determines Živana’s genealogical affiliation to the epic, indicating its new aspects as well as reasons of the author’s recurring modifications. In the end it is concluded that Živana provides basis for Nazor’s alternative poetic biography, introducing new interpretations not only of this epic, but of Nazor’s whole literary opus