Prva bosanična početnica u Divkovićevu malom Nauku
The First Bosančica Reader in Divković’s Small Study

Author(s): Dolores Grmača, Mateo Žagar
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Croatian Literature, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Franjevačka teologija Sarajevo
Keywords: reader; primer; alphabet structure; small Christian Study; culture of literacy;
Summary/Abstract: Divković’s small Christian Study was published twenty times and in two editions, one comprehensive, one abridged, from 1616 to 1738. Only the abridged editions have A Small Reader for Children and a catechism section.These two editions each had a life of their own and also complemented each other. The abridged version was used predominantly for teaching literacy and studying fundamental questions of the Catholic faith, while the longer version was used as a supplement for both literacy and spirituality,as well as for defining one’s literary taste. A Small Reader, which appeared in the abridged small Study, is the first Bosnian-Herzegovinan reader, and was in use until the beginning of the nineteenth century. It is not rare for the popularity of Divković’s catechism to be proclaimed in scholarly literature,but analysis of the primer and a suitable place for the abridged version of the small Study within the context of cultural literacy have been all but forgotten.

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