Partisan ethics has been a specific theme in the contemporary Slovene novel over the past decade, when a large number of novels containing Partisan themeshave appeared, of which five will be discussed: Da me je strah? by Maruša Kresa, Saga o kovčku by Nedeljka Pirjevec, Opoldne zaplešejo škornji by Zdenko Kodrič, Ubijanje kače by Jože Snoj and To noč sem jo videl by Drago Jančar. Analysis of Partisan ethics through the story and narrative or the two-level conception of the narrative shows that, in spite of their different poetics, the novels are similar in their starting point: Partisan ethics cannot be removed from the context of ordinary moral codes. All five novels cast a different light on the following "Partisan" ethical values, connected with socialism or communism: comradeship,solidarity, altruistic help, equality and freedom. Partisan ethics are dealt with in the most condensed and qualitative, narrative way by Maruša Krese and Nedeljka Pirjevec, who take into account the ethical link between the story and narrative elements.
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