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Dva pogleda na Bosnu
Two Views on Bosnia

Author(s): Ivana Mikulić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Comparative Study of Literature, Croatian Literature, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire, Theory of Literature, Politics and Identity
Published by: Franjevačka teologija Sarajevo
Keywords: travel writing; Ivan Frano Jukić; Matija Mažuranić; confessional identities;

Summary/Abstract: Considering the cultural significance of travel literature as a multipurpose genre and its privileged place in the comparative research studies of imagology the paper analyzes travel writings of two contemporaries – Ivan Frano Jukić (1818–1857) and Matija Mažuranić (1817–1881). Six Jukić’s travel writings (Putovanje iz Dubrovnika preko Hercegovine u Fojnicu /1841/, Putovanje po Bosni 1842., Povratak u Bosnu 1842., Putovanje po Bosni godine 1843., Putovanje po Bosni godine 1845., Putovanje iz Sarajeva u Carigrad /1852/) and Mažuranić’s Pogled u Bosnu ili Kratak put u onu Krajinu, učinjen 1839-40. po Jednom Domorodcu (1842) are the source of numerous geographical, ethnographic and historiographic data. This research is focused on reflections on confessional, ethnic and social identities of Ottoman Bosnia, with emphasis on the similarities and differences between native (Bosnian) and foreign (Croatian) travel writer in the perception and axiological attribution of particular confessional identities (Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim).

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: II
  • Page Range: 127-148
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Croatian