This thesis discusses the links between France and Slovene literature. Relations between the Slovene and French nations were more firmly established with the foundation of the Illyrian Provinces. Some Slovene intellectuals studied in Paris at the end of the 19th century, and their number increased in the 20th century. At the time, Slovenes were getting to know Paris through literature, as writers set the events of many narratives there. Thus, the perception of Paris as an artistic, cosmopolitan and dissolute city was established. The thesis contains a list of Slovene prose published between the years 1850 and 1950, which is divided into literary fiction, essays and reflections on Paris, and travelogues. One literary work per category is more thoroughly analysed, along with its historical context and the writer's reasons for living in the city. Prežihov Voranc worked as an agent and provided his take on France in three reflections in his work Borba na tujih tleh. Anton Novačan visited the city as a student and set two of his short stories from the collection Samosilnik there. Anton Mahnič strolled along the Parisian boulevards as a tourist and wrote a travelogue about it. From the second half of the 19th century, Slovene lands have experienced quite intense emigration. Some of the Slovene emigrants ended up in France, most of them in Lorraine, where they preserved their cultural life through societies. Writers were also among the emigrants, most significantly the multifaceted artist Jean Vodaine (1921–2006). In a Lorrainian village, he founded the international literary magazine Dire, which was famous for its luxurious typographical design. Vodaine was also a painter and a poet, as well as a prominent translator of Slovene poetry. Along with the painter Veno Pilon, he compiled a short anthology of translated Slovene poetry, but they unfortunately have not managed to realize their idea of a comprehensive anthology. Vodaine's poetic oeuvre consists of more than ten poetry collections that are stylistically fairly diverse, and he would often sing Lorraine’s praises.
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