Večkulturnost in medkulturnost v slovenski književnosti

Opis

An academic monograph by Associate Professor Dr. Silvija Borovnik, deals with issues of multiculturality and interculturality in contemporary and recent historical works of Slovenian literature. In the first and more analytical section of the monograph, Borovnik focuses on modern works of literature written by Drago Jančar and Aleš Debeljak. In their literary works, these two authors often described the historical formation of Slovenian identity as well as the intercultural contact between Slovenia and other nations and cultures, especially in the context of the European Union. Both Jančar and Debeljak were proponents of openness and respect for diversity. Borovnik then turns to images of interculturality in the literary works of Josip Osti, a Bosnian author who migrated to Slovenia during the Bosnian War, and eventually began to write in the Slovenian language. Borovnik takes a strong interest in dual literary and linguistic identities, which, in addition to Osti, is represented by the Slovenian-French writer Brina Svit and the American-Slovenian writer Erica Johnson Debeljak, as well as by Carinthian Slovenian authors Maja Haderlap and Florjan Lipuš, and by the Austrian writer Peter Handke, who is of Slovenian origin and whose recent work deals with issues of identity. In the chapter about Alma Karlin, a Slovenian native who wrote in German during the mid-20th century, Borovnik points out that the Slovenian literary space was bilingual for the majority of the 20th century and that the Slovenian literary canon should acknowledge the work of all Slovenians who wrote in foreign languages.