Literature today
Literature of the 18th century in Croatia
Enlightenment, classicism and rationalism
In 18th century called and useful enlightenment and rationalism, formed in Croatia a new attitude toward literature, due to the liberation of a greater part of Dalmatia and Slavonia from the Turkish authorities, the encroachment of the Enlightenment and rationalist ideas that are circulating in Western Europe, and social reforms of Maria Theresa and Joseph II. in the northern part of the Croatian.
The theatre is in the 18th century acted in various forms in almost all coastal cities of Dubrovnik, Hvar and Korčula to Zadar, Senj and Rijeka, northern Croatia from Zagreb and Varaždin to Požega and Osijek.
The literary works of the 18th century
1. Pavao Ritter Vitezović:
- Croatian writer, historian, linguist and publisher
- He is the holder of the noble title of Baron
- He proposed that each voice has its own, always the same letter
2. Antun Kanižlić
- Jesuit, theologian and Croatian poet
- He wrote religious books, prayer books and translated from German
- He is the first northern Croatian writer who directly saw the Dubrovnik poets
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4. Matija Antun Relković
- Croatian enlightenment prose
- As a prisoner in Dresden, comparing Slavonia with Germany, he wrote a poem
"Satyr or the Wild Man"