The article analyses a triptych of contemporary fairy tales by Slovene author Niko Grafenauer: Majhnica and Katrca Škrateljca (1987), Majhnica (1987) and Mahayana and other stories about Majhnica (1990). Niko Grafenauer is a modern classic and a representative author in the Slovene language curriculum (2011).The paper analyses intertextuality, motif reminiscences, the triptych image of a child and love, in particular in the fantasy Mahajana, which is illustrated by Marija Lucija Stupica.
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