Ideje Situacionistične internacionale v romanih Erika Valenčiča

Andolšek, Aljaž (author), Virk, Tomislav (mentor)

Tema diplomske naloge je analiza motivov protagonistov romanov Sence ne gorijo ter Smrt za življenje avtorja Erika Valenčiča, ki ustanovijo urbano gverilo in izvajajo teroristične napade v prestolnici svoje države. Na prvi pogled se zdi, da jih v to ženejo ideje Situacionistične internacionale, skupine umetnikov in intelektualcev, ki so imeli velik vpliv na začetek in izpeljavo izgredov v Parizu maja 1968, vendar pa temu ni tako. Približno tretjina prvega romana je v celoti posvečena situacionistični kritiki kapitalistične družbe, a nato pride do nenadnega preobrata v pripovedi in nazor skupine kot tudi njihovi motivi se v celoti preobrazijo v zelo materialističen pogled na družbeno neenakost in nepravičnost, medtem ko situacionistična kritika družbe, čeprav je izhajala iz marksističnih konceptov, vendarle ni bila materialistična in s terorističnimi napadi skupine nima povezave. To skušam v diplomi tudi dokazati.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Situacionistična internacionala, upor, terorizem, ekstremizem, urbana gverila, revolucija.
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2019
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-109305
• Publication date in RUL: 30.08.2019

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The ideas of the Situationist International in the novels of Erik Valenčič

Abstract

The topic of my thesis is the analysis of the motives of the protagonists in the novels Shadows do not burn and Death for life of the author Erik Valenčič. The protagonists establish an urban guerilla group, which commit several terrorist attacks in the capital of their country. At first glance they seem to justify their actions through the ideas of the Situationist International, a group of intelectuals and artists, who have had a great influence on the start of the May 1968 riots in Paris, but actually it is not so. About one third of the first novel is entirely dedicated to the situationist critique of capitalist society, but then a sudden change of perspective comes about in the novel, in which the motives of the protagonists are completely transformed into a very materialistic view of social inequality and injustice. Although the concepts of the Situationist International, stem from Marxism, they are not materialistic, and there is no connection between their principals and the terrorist attacks of the group. My aim is to prove this argument.

• Keywords: Situationist international, rebellion, terorism, extremism, urban guerilla, revolution.