In my master's thesis I edited and statistically analysed the bibliography of literature in the Slovenian workers' newspaper Glas naroda from 1925 to 1930. With the help of the online Digital Library Slovenia I collected and edited the bibliography and edited the content to Wikisource website. After the editing followed the literature analysis. First, I examined the number of published newsletters by year and the number of literary works. I then compared the number of published works and newsletters with the number of works in continuation and found out the year the most literary works were published. I analyzed the nationality type and gender of published authors and the ratio between original and translated works.
In the comparative part, I presented the life of Mark Twain, his work and reception. I chose five of his short stories: My Watch, The Siamese Twins, About Barbers, The Story of the Good Little Boy, and An Encounter with a Interviewer. In his stories, I analyzed stylistic means and compared English originals with Slovene translations published in Glas naroda between 1925 and 1930 and in Branko Gradišnik's book entitled Humoreske (1977) and in Uroš Kalčičs collection Američan v Evropi (2005).
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