The role of landscape attributes in the making of national identity in SloveniaRoškar, Špela (Avtor) Repič, Jaka (Mentor) Mader, Elke (Komentor) Slovene nationnational identitylandscapenational symbollandscape attributeThis master thesis seeks to address the symbolic meanings of landscape in the making of national identity in Slovenia. Through an extensive analysis of the history of Slovene nation in relation to the landscape, starting in the middle of the 19th century up to modern time, I discuss the heterogeneity of the Slovene landscape, the historical framework of the Slovene nation-building and identity making, national symbolism, spatial identifications, as well as landscape attributes that have become culturally appropriated. The analysis has shown that there are some recurrent tropes, images and symbols of landscape that keep on appearing in representations and conceptualizations of the Slovene cultural landscape and are as such incorporated in the nation building process. Despite the fact that Slovenes to some extent identify with specific landscape types (mountains, rivers, lakes, caves, hills, sea and forests), there is a stronger identification with certain landscape attributes that have become culturally appropriated over time (Triglav, the Bled Lake, the Soča River, the Postojna Cave, a church on the hill, Piran with seashore, a linden tree).20212021-10-22 08:15:23Magistrsko delo/naloga132339sl