Motif of the City of Ljubljana in Slovenian (youth) literature–literary Ljubljana

Blažič, Milena (author)

The starting point of the article, which is an integral part of a research project, is the thesis that in modern times, especially after the accession of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union in 2004, national languages, literature and culture have become even more important. Literary science in the 19th and 20th centuries was related to (literary) history, and at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, geography gained more importance. Thus, one of the directions represents the connection of youth literary science with geography or an interdisciplinary connection that Juvan calls a spatial turn in literary science. The Slovene ethnic territory is multilingual and multicultural, as it united different cultures, which was reflected in Slovene youth literature in the form of literary culture. Thus, Slovene youth literature also influenced the space of Slovene literary culture, with naming after persons and literary characters. It’s about the influence of space on Slovene youth literature (e.g. the motif of Ljubljana in Slovene youth literature, mountain tales about Kekec, etc.) and vice versa, the influence of original Slovene youth literature on space (naming monuments and memorials after youth writers and/or heroes). The article focuses on the period of Slovenian youth literature, especially on youth classics (F. Prešeren, F. Levstik), contemporary classics (K. Brenk, N. Grafenauer, L. Kovačič, S. Makarovič) and contemporaries (M. Komelj, P. Svetina, A. Štefan, J. Vidmar, etc.).

• Language: English
• Keywords: city, Ljubljana, fairy tales, J. W. Goethe, picture books
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 11-29
• Numbering: Vol. 11, no. 11
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-142641
• UDC: 821
• ISSN on article: 1857-8187
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7278565
• COBISS.SI-ID: 129672707
• Publication date in RUL: 17.11.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Anglisticum
• Publisher: Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies
• ISSN: 1857-8187
• COBISS.SI-ID: 114314499

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: mesto, Ljubljana, J. W. Goethe, motivi, pravljice, mladinska književnost