The Slovenian and the European novel : an outline

Fried, István (author)

The delay in the development of Slovenian prose hindered the dialogue with the contemporary European novel. For this reason the historical tendencies of the European novel took significantly different shapes than the 19th c. Slovenian novel. The fact that Slovenian society was bilingual at that time also posed an obstacle to the development of Slovenian prose. Ivan Cankar was the first writer to start a dialogue with the contemporary European novel, but his works range from realism to symbolism, and from late-romanticism to naturalism. However, his pioneering efforts made it possible for the Slovenian writers of the 20th c. to refer not only to the foreign novel-tradition, but also to a strong author of their own.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Slovene literature, Slovene novel, Slovene short story, Moderna, Europeanness, literary sociology, Ivan Cankar
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2003
• Number of pages: Str. 493-497
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-165081
• UDC: 821.163.6.09-3:82(4)"18/19"
• COBISS.SI-ID: 71843170
• Publication date in RUL: 22.11.2024

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Slovenski roman
• Editors: Miran Hladnik, Gregor Kocijan
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: Center za slovenščino kot drugi/tuji jezik pri Oddelku za slovenistiko Filozofske fakultete
• Year: 2003
• ISBN: 961-237-058-3
• COBISS.SI-ID: 125833472
• Collection title: Obdobja
• Collection numbering: 21
• Collection ISSN: 1408-211X

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Zamudništvo v razvoju slovenske proze je oviralo dialog s sočasnim evropskim romanom. Prav zaradi tega so se zgodovinske težnje evropskega romana pokazale precej drugače v slovenskem romanu 19. stoletja. Tudi dejstvo, da je bila slovenska družba v tem času dvojezična, je oviralo razvoj slovenske proze. Ivan Cankar je prvi začel dialog s sodobnim evropskim romanom, a njegovo delo sega od realizma do simbolizma, od pozne romantike do naturalizma. Vendar pa so prav njegova začetna prizadevanja omogočila slovenskim pisateljem 20. stoletja naslonitev na tujo novelistično izročilo, pa tudi na lastnega "močnega avtorja".

• Keywords: slovenska književnost, slovenski roman, slovenska povest, moderna, evropskost, literarna sociologija, literarne študije, Ivan Cankar