Which writer of the Croatian Enlightenment authored Satir iliti divji covik (1762) to educate Slavonian peasants in moral and civic duties?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Matija Antun Relkovic
- Step 1: Recall the Slavonian officer and Enlightenment educator who wrote in decasyllables. Step 2. Matija Antun Relković composed Satir iliti divji čovik to criticize ignorance and superstition while promoting modern agriculture and social order. Answer: Matija Antun Relkovic. Why not the others: Andrija Kačić Miošić wrote Razgovor ugodni; Tituš Brezovački wrote Kajkavian comedies; Pavao Ritter Vitezović was an early baroque historian and polymath.
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