RIJEČKE GODINE JANEZA TRDINE

Janez Trdina (1830 – 1905) spent more than ten years living and working in Rijeka, as a teacher at the gymnasium, teaching Greek, History, Geography and the Croatian Language. In this paper, the focus is on his teaching vocation and his relationship with colleagues in the gymnasium and Rijeka's public life, especially with Šime Ljubić and Antun Pasko Kazali. The topics of the school assignments in the Croatian language will be analyzed by reviewing the Report of the Rijeka Gymnasium which Trdina, Ljubić and Kazali assigned to students. Trdina, when he recalls his years as a professor in Rijeka, speaks about life in Rijeka, authentic events and people in his book Bach's Hussars and Ilrics.