A Literary “Picture of the World” as a Criticism of Society in Slovenian Biedermeier Literature

Author(s): Andrejka Žejn / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

The relationship between developments in a “real” society and the portrayal of this society in literature can be studied by analyzing the linguistic picture of the world using the componential analysis method. The concept of the linguistic picture of the world has been developed by various interdisciplinary directions in Europe and the US, relying on the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt, who conceived of language as a specific manifestation of culture. The linguistic picture of the world is an interpretation, conceptualization, and presentation of the world conveyed through language. A componential analysis was conducted to compare the semantic components of the concept of early-nineteenth-century society and the components of the same concept in a literary work of the Slovenian Biedermeier (i.e., the first original Slovenian narrative). The results of this analysis showed differences in the concept’s content that can be identified as criticism of the real society and an alternative reading option.

A X-a ediţie a festivalului internaţional „Zile şi nopţi de literatură”

Author(s): Irina Ionescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2013

Conference-Report: A X-a ediţie a festivalului internaţional „Zile şi nopţi de literatură” (Irina Ionescu)

Auto-stereotypes and Hetero-stereotypes in Slovene and Italian Poetry About Trieste From the First Half of the 20th Century

Author(s): Ana Toroš / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

This article brings to light the socio-political conditions in the Triestine region, at the end of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century. These conditions influenced the formation of stereotypical, regionally coloured perceptions of Slovenes and Italians in the Slovene and Italian poetry about Trieste from the first half of the 20th century, which were specific to the Triestine area or rather the wider region around Trieste, where the Slovene and Italian communities cohabited. This article also points out that these stereotypes are constructs. The Italian Triestine literature most frequently depicted the Italians (native culture) before the First World War, in accordance to the needs of the non-literary irredentist disposition. In this light, it depicted them as the inheritors of the Roman culture, wherein it highlights their combativeness and burning desire to “free” Trieste from its Austro-Hungarian prison. An increase in auto-stereotypes among the Slovene poetry is noticeable after the First World War and is most likely a consequence of the socio-political changes in Trieste. The Slovene Triestine literature depicted the Slovenes (native culture) after the First World War as “slaves” and simultaneously as the determined defenders of their land, who are also fully aware of their powerlessness against the immoral aggressor and cruel master (Italian hetero-stereotype) and so often call upon the help of imaginary forces (mythical heroes and personified nature in the Trieste region) and God. The Italian Triestine literature mostly depicted the Slovenes before the First World War as an inferior people, often referred to by the word “ščavi”. After the First World War, the Slovenes are depicted merely as the residents of the former Austro-Hungarian Trieste, meaning they were part of the narrative surrounding Trieste, only in when the narrative was set before the First World War. In this case, pre-war Slovene stereotypes appear, also depicted as part of the literary myth of the “Habsburg” Trieste, namely as the folkloric characters from the surrounding countryside.

BETON - Kulturno propagandni komplet br. 196, god. XIII, Beograd, utorak, 19. jun 2018.

Author(s): Svetlana Slapšak,Selvedin Avdić,Lejla Kalamujić / Language(s): Serbian

UMESTO UVODNE REČI; Svetlana Slapšak: Kosovski mit; Selvedin Avdić: Autobusne bilješke; Lejla Kalamujić: Mozart protiv Mozarta

Biblical Apocrypha in South-Eastern Europe and Related Areas

Author(s): Ekaterina Todorova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 43/2021

Brijuni

Author(s): Drago Jančar / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 05+06/2004

Župnik u Vodnjanu posjetitelju rado pokazuje »najveće blago Istre« što ga čuvaju u crkvi Svetoga Blaža, posjetitelju se ono čini svakako najneobičnijim: nogu svete Barbare, jezik Marije Egipatske i ostatke svetoga Sebastijana. Sebastijanovi su ostaci impozantni: neraspadnuta glava, dio kralježnice, pleća i sačuvani mišići koji su ostali tamo nakon što su u rimskoj tamnici svetom čovjeku iščupali glavu iz tijela. Župnik objašnjava da ni jedna egzaktna znanost ne može objasniti zašto se ta tijela ne raspadaju. Posjetitelj upita postoji li kakva pisana dokumentacija da ti veliki komadi tijela, što počivaju u loše osvijetljenom relikvij ariju, doista pripadaju baš tim sveticama i tom svecu? Na upit ne dobiva odgovor, kasnije spoznaje da su relikvije, prije nego što su se našle u Vodnjanu, bile u posjedu mletačkog slikara Grezlera Sakrio ih je pred Francuzima, koji su godine 1806. ukinuli mletačke samostane a njihove kuće i crkve podržavili. Posjetitelj više ne postavi ni jedno pitanje. A i što da naposljetku ovdje rade pisana dokumentacija kao i egzaktna znanost, koja ne može utvrditi zašto se ti komadi mesa, mišića i kosti ne raspadaju, kad pred njim leže corpi santi. Sveta se tijela ne raspadaju upravo zato što su sveta.

Cijeli život

Author(s): Andreja Zelinka / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 3-4/2019

Drama “Cijeli život” napisana je 2007. godine i bila izvođena u koprodukciji KUD Intergali, Gledališča Glej i Mestnega gledališča Ljubljana.

Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Bulgaria

<p>Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum is published by Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and edited by the literary scholars of the Balkan Studies Masters and Doctoral Studies Program (Department of General, Indo-European, and Balkan Linguistics with the Faculty of Slavic Studies). This journal aims to encourage the study of Comparative Literature. The similarities and overlaps between less popular literatures and the well-researched canonical phenomena remain rather unexplored. Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum wants to give priority to such issues; to reconsider the clich&eacute;d notions of centres and peripheries, of one-way influences, temporary delays and topic deficiencies. It makes sense to seek the meaning of common affinities and trends, in other words &ndash; to look at what is positive, stimulating, and creative about the communication between literary and cultural phenomena. In fact, the Balkans are home to just a small share of the less researched literatures in the field of Comparative Literature. In Europe, we often know too little about our neighbours, unless they happen to be the French, German or British literatures.</p> <p>Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum expresses itself in three languages: Bulgarian, French and English. It provides new opportunities for communication between scholars of Comparative Literature with the aim of a complete, conceptual and terminological understanding of new ideas within our field of research.</p>

Comparative Literary Studies in Slovakia – Status and Perspectives

Author(s): Zvonko Taneski / Language(s): English Issue: 15/2017

Danuty Abrahamowicz szkoła przekładu

Author(s): Marta Buczek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The author of the article focuses on the specific school of translation formulated by the well‑known Polish translator of Slovak literature, Danuta Abrahamowicz. The article defines all aspects of Abrahamowicz’s translatological activities, starting with her literary studies, critical, publishing, editorial activity and ending with her translation activity. The article shows the ways in which Abrahamowicz perceives translation and how it applies in a new horizon of reception.

Drama

Author(s): Dušan Jovanović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Drama written by Dušan Jovanović: Egzibicionist.

Drama

Author(s): Matjaž Zupančič / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Drama written by Matjaž Zupančič: Vladimir.

Drama

Author(s): Rok Vilčnik / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Drama written by Rok Vilčnik: Narodni demokratski cirkus Sakešvili.

Drama

Author(s): Evald Flisar / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Drama written by Evald Flisar: Nora Nora.

Drama

Author(s): Vinko Möderndorfer / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Drama written by Vinko Möderndorfer: Romeo i Julija su bili bjegunci.

Drama

Author(s): Dragica Potočnjak / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Drama written by Dragica Potočnjak: Za naše mlade dame.

Drama

Author(s): Simona Semenič / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Drama written by Simona Semenič: tisućudevetstoosamdesetprva.

Drama. Savremena slovenska drama između intime i društvene kritike (priredila: Mateja Pezdirc Bartol)

Author(s): Mateja Pezdirc Bartol / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1-2/2019

Savremena slovenska drama nije zaokružena i jedinstvena pojava sa očiglednim karakteristikama, već splet različitih tematskih, motivskih i idejnih elemenata, jezičkih varijanti, žanrovskih modela i dramaturških istraživanja, zato možemo u nastavku njene elemente označiti samo u obrisima, koji ne mogu sadržati sve varijante njenih poetika. Najprije, pak, pogledajmo ko su dramatičari i dramatičarke koji stvaraju u vremenu od osamostaljenja Slovenije 1991. pa do danas, te kakav je njihov društveni status i položaj unutar slovenskih pozorišta.

Dvostruko putovanje Vladana Borojevića: Jugoslavija, moja domovina Gorana Vojnovića

Author(s): Dejan Durić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 2/2020

In the novel Yugoslavia, My Homeland by Goran Vojnović, the protagonist reveals that his father, whom he thought was dead, is actually alive and accused of war crimes committed in Croatia during the war of the 1990s. Therefore, he embarks on a search that is taking place in the states of the former Yugoslavia. The protagonist of the novel summarizes the identity issues characteristic of former Yugoslav space, but also outlines the basic features and problems of the transitional society. Individual drama is a stimulus for considering the concept of post-Yugoslav identity because the protagonist performs two searches at the same time: for the father and for the personal story. The paper examines the relationship between space and memory through the prism of the conception of post-Yugoslav identity.

Edvard Kocbek

Egy szlovén keresztényszocialista vizionárius

Author(s): György Lukács B. / Language(s): Hungarian Publication Year: 0

The purpose of this study is to examine the political career of Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981), the internationally recognised Slovene writer, poet, Christian Socialist thinker and politician. Kocbek became well known in 1937, after publishing a long article about the Spanish Civil War, in which he raised his voice against the fact that the main Slovenian party and the Church leadership supported Francisco Franco. In World War II he and his Christian Socialists cooperated with the communists in the Liberation Front and Kocbek has received high ranking positions after the war, but as a Christian, he had no place in the new regime and was forced to resigne. After a decade, he could publish his literary works again. In the afternoon of his life, he raised a particularly unpleasant question for the regime regarding the massacres committed by the Yugoslav Communists after World War II, which was a taboo subject till then.