БОРАВАК ДОСИТEЈA ОБРЛДОВИЂA У ТРСТУ
DOSITEJ OBRADOVIĆ’S STAY IN TRIESTE

Summary/Abstract: The free port of Trieste attracted our writers because of the possibility to work as private teachers in the houses of wealthier Serbs, their patronage, as well as the vicinity of the printing-house in Venice. Dositej Obradovic stayed in Trieste (1802—1806) for the same reasons; he used his great reputation among his compatriots to stimulate them to help the rebels in Serbia. Success of the Serbs inspired him in 1804 to write an anthem to the rebels Pjesan na insjurekciju Serbinov. Imbued by real patriotism, Dositej did not write much there, only Etika (Ethics) and the second part of Sobranija; these works and his correspondence indicate that he directed his creative energy to the preparation of an educational plan according to the needs of Serbia. In addition to the foundation of a greater school and a printing-house, the plan also included the publication of a series of different, most necessary books for the education of people, from the books on agriculture and rural households, to those about statistics and mathematics, as well as popularly written folk histories. His contemporaries like Pavle Solaric and Atanasije Stojkovic supported him and in their works helped the realization of that plan.

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