In my thesis I will be exploring the field of book design from typography to illustration, the relationship between them and their points of contact.
I will be interested in the area of tales, particularly folk tales. Specifically, I’ll dive into the symbolism of animals, the snake, our culture’s relationship with it through time and the art related to it. Jara kača has a special place in the Slovene language and literature, since not only is it a bedtime story (even though it really isn’t), but embodies a unit of symbols, ideas and fears about it and is even frequently used as a metaphor in many a theme.
I will review the history of jara kača and the stories including it, the already existing variations and the published versions by established authors, among which also the printed publication of Svetina’s Tale of jara kača.
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