Participants
Sanja Roić, University of Zagreb
Two Native Countries, Two Types of Literary Experience and Two Monuments: a Case of Nicolò Tommaseo
Intercultural history studies issues of singularity from the point of view of the other as well as those of otherness from one’s own point of view, in order to notice the elements that are mutually dependent in both standpoints.
Nicolò Tommaseo, born and educated mainly in Dalmatia of the 19th century, belongs to Italian culture, as far as his literary and linguistic contributions are observed, but to the Croatian as well, since he wrote a lot in his mother-tongue. However, his position in each of these cultures is rather different. According to my opinion, the study of two monuments, which were made up to honour him – one in Campo Santo Stefano (St. Stephen’s field) in Venice and the other in a park in his native town Šibenik, might help us to trace it to the differences of the indicated positions.
