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U ovom radu autor organizira biografiju dr. Stanka Koraća od rođenja do dolaska u Srpsko kulturno društvo “Prosvjeta” u Zagrebu 1969. godine. Do dolaska u Društvo stekao je respektabilnu reputaciju kao književni historičar i teoretičar književnosti, profesor i direktor na Pedagoškoj akademiji u Karlovcu, saradnik u nekoliko uglednih naučnih i stručnih institucija i publikacija u Hrvatskoj i Srbiji. U “Prosvjeti” će se afirmirati kao urednik u Izdavačkom poduzeću “Prosvjeta”, časopisu Prosvjeta, kao urednik naučnih zbornika i ljetopisa koji su u centru svog interesa imali proučavanje i javnu prezentaciju književnosti i kulture Srba u Hrvatskoj. Upoznavanjem statusa kulture Srba u Hrvatskoj postepeno napušta primarno bavljenje hrvatskom književnošću i odlučuje da se koncentrira na izučavanje književnog rada Srba u Hrvatskoj. I na prezentaciju istraživačkih rezultata u naučnim i stručnim publikacijama. U turbulentnim događanjima tzv. maspoka dosljedno je branio interes SKD “Prosvjeta” kao jedine kulturne institucije Srba u Hrvatskoj, navukavši na sebe brojne osporavaoce jer je ukazivao na zapuštenost i nebrigu republičkih institucija za njegovanje i razvijanje moderne kulturne samosvijesti Srba u SR Hrvatskoj kao multietničkoj zajednici., In this article, the author presents a biography of Dr Stanko Korać – from his early days to his employment in Serb Cultural Society “Prosvjeta” in Zagreb in 1969. Before arriving to the Society, Korać achieved a respectable reputation as literary historian and theoretician, professor and director of the Education Sciences Academy in Karlovac, as well as author of articles published by several academic and professional institutions in Croatia and Serbia. In “Prosvjeta” he will become an editor of its Publishing House, as well as of magazine “Prosvjeta”. He published edited volumes as well as Prosvjeta's Yearbook (Ljetopis), publications whose focus was on research and public presentation of literature and culture of Serbs in Croatia. Subsequently, he gradually reduced his interest in other Croatian literature and focused almost entirely on literary works written by Serbs in Croatia. He takes as his main objective to publish his research results in academic and professional publications. In turbulent times of “Maspok”, he was a staunch defender of SCS “Prosvjeta”, as the only existent cultural institution of Serbs in Croatia. When he started warning that institutions of the Republic neglected the need for Serbs in Croatia to develop its own institutions in order to develop modern cultural consciousness, he was met with resistance to this idea. Korać was born in 1929 in Čemernica near Vrginmost in Banija, Croatia. He was orphaned in 1943, during the war. He graduated Yugoslav languages and literature as well as Russian language and literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, where he also obtained his PhD on Croatian Novels in Modernism. He authored ten books, of which the most significant is A Review of Literary Works by Serbs in Croatia. Being Secretary to the newly re-established Prosvjeta in 1991, he left Zagreb during the conflict and died in Belgrade in 1994.

Rad obrađuje djelovanje Srpskog kulturnog društva „Prosvjeta“ od njegovog osnutka 1944. do prestanka rada početkom sedamdesetih godina 20. stoljeća i formalnog ukidanja 1980. te njegovu povezanost s političkim srpskim predstavništvima unutar institucija vlasti FH/NRH/SRH – Srpskim klubom vijećnika ZAVNOH-a i Glavnim odborom Srba u Hrvatskoj. Budući da se historiografija ovom temom nije u većoj mjeri bavila, članak se većinom temelji na izvornim materijalima iz arhivskog fonda Hrvatskog državnog arhiva HR-HDA-640. Srpsko kulturno društvo „Prosvjeta“. Iako je kroz skoro četiri desetljeća svog djelovanja, „Prosvjeta“ djelovala ponajprije kao kulturno i prosvjetno društvo Srba u Hrvatskoj, kroz nju su u pojedinim razdobljima reflektirane i političke konotacije koje će uzrokovati zastoj u njenom radu samo nekoliko godina od osnutka, a kasnije i njeno ukidanje.

Rad obrađuje djelovanje Srpskog kulturnog društva „Prosvjeta“ od njegovog osnutka 1944. do prestanka rada početkom sedamdesetih godina 20. stoljeća i formalnog ukidanja 1980. te njegovu povezanost s političkim srpskim predstavništvima unutar institucija vlasti FH/NRH/SRH – Srpskim klubom vijećnika ZAVNOH-a i Glavnim odborom Srba u Hrvatskoj. Budući da se historiografija ovom temom nije u većoj mjeri bavila, članak se većinom temelji na izvornim materijalima iz arhivskog fonda Hrvatskog državnog arhiva HR-HDA-640. Srpsko kulturno društvo „Prosvjeta“. Iako je kroz skoro četiri desetljeća svog djelovanja, „Prosvjeta“ djelovala ponajprije kao kulturno i prosvjetno društvo Srba u Hrvatskoj, kroz nju su u pojedinim razdobljima reflektirane i političke konotacije koje će uzrokovati zastoj u njenom radu samo nekoliko godina od osnutka, a kasnije i njeno ukidanje., The topic of this article is the activity of the Serbian cultural society “Prosvjeta” from its foundation in 1944 to its cessation in the early 1970s and formal abolition in 1980. Due to the fact the historiography has not dealt with this subject to a large extent, the article is mostly based on original materials from the Croatian State Archives fonds HR-HDA-640. Srpsko kulturno društvo “Prosvjeta”. The activity of the society is examined through the work of its Central Committee at its centre, as well as subcommittees-subsidiaries on the ground, in rural areas. It was there that “Prosvjeta”, together with other institutions, played a major role in introducing literacy to the population, building schools, opening libraries and clubs, organizing various courses, lectures and other aspects of cultural, educational and artistic activities. The connections between “Prosvjeta” and political representatives of Serbs in Croatia within the government institutions of Federal Croatia/People’s Republic of Croatia/Socialist Republic of Croatia (Serbian Councillor Club of ZAVNOH and Central Serbian Committee in Croatia) were also researched, as well as the links with important Serbian politicians filling the state and Party posts in Croatia, who at the same time were also the initiators and leaders of the Serbian institutions founded after the Second World War. “Prosvjeta” had its biggest influence during the post-war period, during the time that, besides the Society in Zagreb within which there also existed its publishing company, bookstore, reading room and papers “Srpska riječ” (later renamed “Prosvjeta”), saw the establishment of the Museum of Serbs in Croatia, Central library, Archives of Serbs in Croatia and “Obilić” singing club. At that time “Prosvjeta” had the support of both the government and the Party, because being the part of the People’s Front of Croatia it followed its programme and ideology i.e. that of the Party. As a Serbian institution, it also served the purpose of channelizing the ruling Party strategy of reducing and not emphasizing the national differences and spreading “brotherhood and unity”. The leading Serbian politicians during the post-war period in Croatia, especially Duško Brkić, Rade Žigić and Stanko Ćanica Opačić, played a great role in implementing government’s policies, but the position of “Prosvjeta” and other Serbian institutions changed after they criticised the government and soon afterwards relinquished their posts. The institutions were mostly abolished or merged with similar ones, while the role of “Prosvjeta” was reduced to a purely educational one in rural areas. In the late 1960is and early 1970is during the awakening of “Croatian Spring” “Prosvjeta” endeavoured to expand its activity from cultural-educational to political field, which was not taken kindly and in the end caused its abolishment.