The Image of Slovenes and Gottschee Germans in the Historical Novel Rebellion in der Gottschee
The Image of Slovenes and Gottschee Germans in the Historical Novel Rebellion in der Gottschee

Summary/Abstract: The paper surveys the literature of the Gottschee Germans, former inhabitants of the Gottschee region in Slovenia. It begins by summarizing the history and literary works of the Gottschee Germans, and secondly it deals with the historical novel Rebellion in der Gottschee by Karl Rom. The novel was published in 1938 in German. It focuses on the great peasant revolt in Slovenia (Carniola) that took place in 1515. The revolt was organized by the inhabitants of the Gottschee area against the violent landlord and was soon suppressed. Based on image studies (imagology), the paper analyses the portrayal of the Slovenes and Gottschee Germans and discusses how Slavs (Slovenes) and Germans (Gottschee Germans) are represented in the novel.

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