Jovan Rajić

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Jovan Rajić
BornSeptember 21, 1726
Sremski Karlovci, Slavonian Military Frontier, Habsburg monarchy
DiedDecember 22, 1801
Kovilj
Occupation
  • Poet
  • Theologian
  • Historian
NationalitySerb
Literary movementBaroque

Jovan Rajić (

Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš, Simeon Končarević, Simeon Piščević, and others (although he worked in the first half of 18th century, as Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century).[citation needed
]

Rajić was the forerunner to modern

Jovan Rajić's The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs, Museum of Vuk and Dositej

Notable works

  • Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki (Vienna, 1790)
  • Kant o vospominaniju smrti, cantata
  • Boj zmaja s orlovi, (The Battle between Dragon and Eagles)
    epic poem
  • Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov (The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs), the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes[4]
  • Serbian Catechesis (Katihisis mali)
  • Uroš V (reworked drama by Emanuel Kozačinski, his teacher)[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jeftić, Anja. "Jovan Raji ć, prvi istoričar 18. vijeka". Patriot Magazin (in Serbian). Archived from the original on March 10, 2007.
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  3. ^ University of Colorado (1956). Journal of Central European Affairs. Vol. 16. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado. p. 23.
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