The monograph is based on the achievements of contemporary autorship theory and history of the Western author. Its aim is to describe the evolution of the models of literary writers in Slovenian cultural space from the end of 18th century till present times. The monograph represents the first synthetic application of the systemic paradigm in the Slovene humanities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 235594752
The English paper treats early representations of national history in Slovenian literature. Two cohesive stories, “Illyric” and “Carantanian”, proved to be most characteristic and appealing in poetical works before 1848. These historical fragments have to be observed in the light of the later thesis of the “Slovene cultural syndrome”, which was often used to describe the relationship between Slovene literature and the project of national emancipation. The paper tries to ascertain in which way literature actually “replaced” politics and attempts to revise some elements of the popular thesis.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28544813
Introductory article on the problem of literary censorship in a bi-lingual special edition of "Primerjalna književnost" opens up the potentials and scope of re-thinking the relationship between literature and censorship both from historical as well as from theoretical perspectives. Literary censorship is set in the historical context, and its modifications are recapitulated - from antiquity to modern times, when one of the challenges are the collisions of the law and literary system.
COBISS.SI-ID: 37376610
This article deals with the relationships between totalitarian and post-totalitarian censorship, especially regarding the censorship of literary works. A general conceptual outline for discussing censorship is followed by an analysis of models and patterns of totalitarian – especially communist – censorship. The conclusion deals with some useful areas to consider with regard to post-totalitarian literary censorship, including economics (the capitalist book market), ethics (political correctness), and legislation.
COBISS.SI-ID: 37376866
The paper discusses key methodological innovations in the first three volumes of "History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries". While in representing individual literary cultures, such as Slovene, details and overall balance are sometimes quite contestable, the general aim of this ambitious project, namely the shift from isolated national perspectives towards the post-national view which reveals striking structural similarities among many cultures in the region, seems to be well achieved.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29051949