The author’s monograph on Slovene dialect literature (Zora, Slavistično društvo Maribor 2007) presented in this article opens up a new chapter in Slovene literary history and literary studies in general, as it is the first work which systematically sets out to present Slovene dialect literature from the standpoint of aesthetic evaluation: subject matter, themes, stylistic devices and perceptions. From the cradle of Slovene identity in Carinthia (Andrej Šuster - Drabosnjak, Milka Hartman, Janko
Messner, Andrej Kokot), it goes to the Pannonian Plain (Vilko Novak, Jože Ftičar, Francek Mukič), and from there, across numerous hills in [tajerska, it reaches Zasavje (Vinko Hrovatič) and then drops via Dolenjska to Gorski Kotar (Zlatko Pochobradsky). From the Gorenjska summits (Stanko Košir), the foothills of the Alps (Joža Bertoncelj) and the [kofja Loka hills (Janez Ramoveš) it turns north towards Resia (Silvana Paletti) and Alta Val torre (Viljem Černo), as well as south towards the sea (Aleksander Furlan) and Istria (Nelda Štok Vojska), only to turn back to Notranjska (Silvo Fatur), from where it reaches Bela Krajina (Oton Berkopec, Mladen Babič).
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