Satirički feljton u bosanskohercegovačkoj periodici austrougarskog razdoblja: od satiričkih zapisa u ranoj Bosanskoj vili do Zembilja Save Skarića

This paper investigates the development of the satirical column in Bosnian periodicals of the Austro-Hungarian epoch, exploring it as a genre, strongly connected with the specific social and historical circumstances of the time under scrutiny. It is argued that the satirical column emerged as one of the genres that best suited the needs of Bosnian writers to criticize Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878-1918) because of two main reasons. First, during the Habsburg period, Bosnia saw an exponential increase in periodicals, which satisfied the indispensable material preconditions for the emergence of the satirical column. Second, potential satirists, whether they wanted or not, had unavoidably encountered the colonial characteristics of Austro-Hungarian rule. It is shown that the sharp reaction against Austro-Hungarian colonial discourse, which can be found especially in the work of Serbian authors, to a large extent intermingled with an occidentalist, i.e. prevalent anti-Western discourse