Junije Palmotić
Junije Palmotić | |
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Born | 1606 |
Died | 1657 |
Other names | Junius Palmotta |
Occupation(s) | writer, poet and dramatist |
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Junije (Džono) Palmotić, (also Giunio in Italian or Junius Palmotta in Latin) (1606 - 1657) was a Croatian baroque[1] writer, poet and dramatist from the Republic of Ragusa. He was a member of the Palmotić noble family.
Early life
Palmotić
Education
Little is known about his schooling, but he may have attended city school as it was mandatory for male nobles. It is known that he attended a private school opened in 1619 by the Jesuits and whose lecturers included, in the next few generations,
Career
Aged 18, he became a member of the Great Council in the
Although his
His nephew Stjepan Gradić, ambassador and Vatican librarian, wrote about his life, supplying precious material to future biographers. Alongside Vinko Pribojević and Juraj Križanić, he was an early pioneer of the ideas of Slavic unity.[6]
Legacy
All the works of Palmotić were published by the end of the 19th century by the Croatian Cultural Association.
A street in Zagreb bears his name.
Works
Palmotić's notable works include:
- Pavlimir, drama. Narratives connected with the founding of Dubrovnik inspired his Pavlimir. This is a sort of Ragusan "Aeneid," Pavlimir corresponding to Aeneas. He comes from abroad, founds the city of Dubrovnik, marries the beautiful Margareta, whom he discovers there, and becomes otac slovenskog naroda (the father of the Slavonic people).
- Captislava, drama. The main character is the daughter of the King of Captat (Cavtat or Epidaurum). She is in love with the Hungarian prince, Gradimir, but the father wants her to marry a Serbian prince. A nymph helps her in this cabal, and she elopes with the Hungarian prince, while her sister marries the Serbian prince. Chief roles are played by ghosts and nymphs.
- Bisernica, drama. It is virtually the continuation of the Captislava, and almost all important roles are played by vilenice (nymphs) and vilenici (dragons).
- Danica, drama. A dramatized episode from Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso" (IV-VI), transplanted and acclimatized to the Bosnian and Ragusan soil. Danica is the enslaved daughter of the Bosnian king, Ostoja. She was saved by the Ragusan knight Matijas, who later became the ban of Croatia. Some motifs of this play are akin to Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing.
- Christiade ("dedicated to the queen Cristina from Sweden", Croatian: Kristijada)
- Atalanta, opera with music by Lambert Courtoys the Younger (1629)
In addition to his four important dramas (Pavlimir, Danica, Bisernica and Captislava) in which Palmotta celebrated the exploits of Slavic heroes, he wrote several imitations based on Latin and Italian sources. Thus the material for his Allina was taken from Ariosto, and for the Armida from Tasso. The mythological play Atalanta is based on Ovid's "Metamorphoses" (bk. X).
Annotations
- Džono, while the archaic spelling is Gjon(o).
References
- ISBN 0-253-34365-8.
- ^ Bogišić 1995.
- ^ Appendini 1803.
- ISBN 0-253-34365-8p. 416
- ^ Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Jugoslavenska akademija zanosti i umjetnosti. 1876. p. 129.
- ISBN 3-11-010605-1p. 79
- ^ Index bibliothecae qua Franciscus Barberinus S.R.E. cardinalis vicecancellarius magnificentissimas suae familiae ad Quirinalem aedes magnificentiores reddidit. Tomi tres libros typis editos complectens. 1681. pp. 157–.
- ^ Christiade
- ^ Christiade and Panegyris
- ^ Galleria di ragusei illustri. Forni. 1841. pp. 172–.
Sources
- Appendini, Francesco M. (1803). Notizie istorico-critiche sulle antichità, storia e letteratura de' Ragusei: divise in due tomi e dedicate all'eccelso Senato della Republica di Ragusa. Martecchini. pp. 235–.
- Bogišić, Rafo, ed. (1995). "Ljetopis Junija Palmotića". Junije Palmotić, Izabrana djela. Stoljeća hrvatske književnosti. Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 33–41.
Further reading
- Wilfried Potthoff (1973). Die Dramen des Junije Palmotić: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Theaters in Dubrovnik im 17. Jahrhundert. F. Steiner. ISBN 978-3-7610-0407-4.
- Wilfried Potthoff (1975). Dubrovniker Dramatiker des 17. Jahrhunderts: Pasko Primojević, Ivan Gučetić d. J., Vice Pucić Soltanović, Ivan Šiškov Gundulić, Junije Palmotić. Wilhelm Schmitz Verlag.
- Branko Vodnik; Vatroslav Jagić (1913). Povijest hrvatske književnosti. Matica hrvatska.
- Fedora Ferluga-Petronio (1992). Fonti italiane e slave nel teatro di Junije Palmotić. Istituto di Lingue e Letterature dell'Europa Orientale.
- Fedora Ferluga-Petronio (1990). Fonti greco-latine nel teatro di Junije Palmotić. Piovan.