Pripovjedna proza u književnome izričaju posavskih Hrvata
Narrative prose in the literary expression of Posavina Croats

Summary/Abstract: If one wants to observe the area of Bosanska Posavina as it used to be, that is, before the Homeland War, then it must be remembered that this region consisted of eight municipalities: from Brčko in the east to Derventa in the west, and Gradačac and Modriča in the south. More than 135 thousand Croats lived in that area, which was about 44% of the total population1. However, the war's destruction and suffering significantly changed the ethnic composition of the population in Posavina. Although even today, when one says Bosnian Posavina, one means its entire territory, in reality the Croats held on only in the defended part, which is the area of the municipality of Orašje and parts of the municipality of Bosanski Šamac, from which the municipality of Domaljevac was later formed, and in the area Odžak municipality, which was returned by the aggressors in the Dayton Peace Agreement. In today's Posavina reality, these three municipalities make up the area of the Posavina County, and in them the full-scale development, and that then means the cultural life of the Posavina Croats.

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