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Minor Literature in the Case of Brina Svit
Minor Literature in the Case of Brina Svit

Author(s): Primož Mlačnik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: minor literature; language; politicalness; (de)territorialisation; the novels of Brina Svit

Summary/Abstract: The article draws on the Deleuzoguattarian conceptualisation of minor literature in order to analyse the literature of Brina Svit. The concepts of (de)territorialisation (schizophrenia), minor, and other attributes of minor literature are employed in the comparative analysis of different literary elements of four of Brina Svit’s novels. The article outlines the ‘line of flight’ (defined as deterritorialisation, de-oedipisation, politicalness, and collectiveness) that manifests itself from Svit’s novels written in Slovenian to the novels written in French. The literature of Brina Svit is placed in between minor literature and minority literature.

  • Issue Year: 10/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 207-223
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English