The master’s thesis Narrative Techniques and Literary Persons in the Problem Novels of Janja
Vidmar consists of an introduction, a theoretical and a practical part and a conclusion. In the
introduction we present the purpose and the course of the thesis, the literary work of Janja
Vidmar and the issues related to the young adult problem novel and crossover literature. The
first, theoretical, part discusses the theoretical foundations of literary writing and reading
techniques as elaborated by narrative theory and reception theory. These two theories imply
that literary narration and reading are inextricably linked. The literary person would be
unilaterally presented if both sides of a literary work were not taken into account. The second,
practical part is divided into two units. In the first, we apply narrative techniques to selected
novels: Baraba, Debeluška, Fantje iz gline and Princeska z napako. We look at them from the
point of view of the plot, the theme, the main character, the narrator and any other peculiarity
we have detected. At the end of this unit, we summarise our findings. In the second unit of
practical part, we focus on two aspects of reading the novels analysed. Firstly, there is the
development of reading ability, as evidenced by the very designation of literature, on which we
are interested here, as young adult and crossover. This is followed by a consideration of the
ethical impact of the problem novels on the young reader and the interaction between the two.
In conclusion, we briefly present our findings.
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