Predodžbe o Mađarima u hrvatskoj književnoj periodici od 1835. do 1858. godine
Authors:   , Plavac Morana 
Published: March 2022

Images of the Hungarians in Croatian periodical literature in the period from 1835 to 1858. The starting hypothesis of this doctoral thesis is that 19th century periodicals contain rich and relevant material for researching the relationship between two literatures and cultures ˗ Croatian and Hungarian, which makes them especially fitting for the reconstruction of the portrayal of Hungarians in Croatian culture of the period. The analysis focuses on the images presented in periodicals Danica Ilirska, Kolo, Zora dalmatinska and Neven (1835- 1858) and two separate yearly periodicals Danica zagrebečka and Srpsko-dalmatinski magazin. The first part of the paper provides an overview of different theories of nations and nationalism and also explains the rise of nationalist movements including Illyrian movement. Furthermore, there is a general review of Croatian-Hungarian relations from the Middle Ages to the 19th century as well as the overview of the national periodicals from the beginning to the middle of the 19th century, stressing their influence on the rise of the modern nationalism and related imagery of geocultural spaces. The emphasis is placed on the periodicals from the 19th century which proved to be a strong means for spreading imagery of neighbourly nations and developing national characterology which focused on certain qualities of other nations, stressing or ignoring their negative or positive characteristics. Considering the paper highlights imagotypical potential of the modern periodicals, there is a brief overview of imagology as a special branch of comparative literature dedicated to researching collective images, meaning cultural and national stereotyping of both foreign nations and places as selfstereotyping. Therefore, the aim of the research is a nuanced reconstruction of imagotypical views on Hungary and Hungarians in Croatian literary and cultural periodicals from 1835 to 1858 which is then used as a means of determining intensity and the nature of intercultural Hungarian-Croatian relations (translations and the information on the culture of the other country). The paper starts with identifying the most relevant texts and continues by reconstructing typical stereotypes about Hungary and Hungarians. Therefore, the analysis focuses on imagotypical perception on Asiatic origins of Hungarians, language differences, territory of Hungarian kingdom and the relationships in 1848. A special part of the dissertation is the prospective research of historical figures as a potential imagotypical perceptions. The long-shared history officially began in 1102 was laden with numerous challenges and therefore clearly marked by historical figures mentioned in different contexts. The fact that the attitude toward Hungarians was not always negative is proven by the analysis of the texts containing positive axiological discourse (Hungarians as a role models) while a special chapter presents analysis of the texts published in two yearly periodicals which demonstrate non-Illyrian view of Hungarians. Consequently, the analysis in the dissertation reveals a complicated view of Hungarians in the 19th century periodicals which reflects the political circumstances of of the time.