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Medieval[edit]

Rennaisance[edit]

Poetry[edit]

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Theater[edit]

Baroque[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Baroque poets, nobles and siblings Fran Krsto Frankopan and Katarina Zrinska are known for their poetry, forming the kernel of the Ozalj literary circle. Fran Krsto Franopan' poetic anthology Gartlic za čas kratiti (A Garden in Which to Cheat Time, c. 1671) contains 108 poems of various influences, forms and themes, and originated a known proverb frequently used today. A number of poems contained within are cosidered a high achievement of pre-Illyrian movement Croatian poetry and rank among the best works of older Croatian literature.[1] Katarina Zrinska is likewise regarded among the most prominent authors of Croatian baroque literature and as the first woman writer in the north of the country. Around 30 poems are attributed to her, described as showing depiction of sorrow of unparraleled depth.[2]

Pavao Ritter Vitezović a prominent polymath and ideologue known for publishing and writing poetic and historiographical works. His most notable poetic work is a 1684 intertextual lyric-epic work Odiljenje sigetsko, written in innovative genre.[3] His other, later, publications were also written in verse, such as Stemmatografia (1701) and Plorantis Croatiae saecula duo (1703).

Other individuals who wrote poetry include Ivan Belostenec, Ban of Croatia Petar Zrinski and Ivan Franjo Čikulin.

Prose[edit]

The most notable work in prose during this period is Croatia Rediviva (1700) by Pavao Ritter Vitezović, an ideological and historiographical treatise which had a tremendous impact on the later Illyrian movement. Fran Krsto Frankopan also contributed a number of prose works.

Juraj Habdelić, known for his moral-didactic works such as Zrcalo marijansko (1662) and Prvi otca našega adama greh in which he debates Christian morality. Both Habdelić and Ivan Belostenec are important for their dictionarries (1670, 1740). Juraj Ratkaj published the first systemic history of Croats titled Memoria regum et banorum regnorum Dalmatiae, Croatiae et Sclavoniae in 1652. Katarina Zrinska published a prayer book Putni tovaruš in 1661, considered one of the most important works of Croatian baroque in linguistic and stylistic aspects.[4]

18th century[edit]