NEW METHODS IN THE RESEARCHING OF OLD DUBROVNIK`S LITERATURE

Abstract

The research of the Ancient Dubrovnik`s literature had primarily began by its biographers; afterwards significant documents that had been found in the Dubrovnik`s archive made possible to the researchers to give immense contributions in this field. The 21st century brought, in the area of the historiography especially, new approaches toward research of the renaissance and baroque literature of the Ancient Dubrovnik. New findings in Marin Držić`s biography, as well as research of the social status in Dubrovnik, especially of its aristocracy have made possible to apply the new methods in studies of the works written during the time of the Renaissance ,and above all the comedies. Additionally, the forming of the Dubrovnik`s myth, which has been constructed for centuries by the writers of the Old Republic provides new and more intellectual view on their literary contribution.