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Tema ljubezni skozi prizmo simbolnega v pripovedni prozi Andreja Hienga
Authors: Zver Gabriela
Published: September 2024

True love cannot be found in the prose of Hieng – there is only a wish for love and a lot of hate, rooted in the feelings of guilt, in pathological forms of love, in past humiliation and shame. Therefore adequate symbols are chosen by Hieng: he portrays the world of narcissists who see their lives as a carefully tended park and, in addition, adore the world of cards, as they love to play with the destinies of other people, although at the same time, they do not wish to be emotionally over-involved in them, since they live in the world of lace, where order, peace and comfort rule their bourgeois world, and in the world of magicians, where manipulation of others is made possible to them. Carefully selected colours and adequate musical instruments are strong players contributing to the image of Hieng’s bourgeois world.
Poskus kvantitativnega merjenja funkcionalne pismenosti
Authors: Krapš Vodopivec Irena
Published: September 2024

The article discusses the attempt to provide the quantity measurement of functional literacy, carried out in the form of a questionnaire. Making use of examples, the author shows the advantages and disadvantages ascribed to the quantity measurement of functional literacy, trying to ascertain how successfully this could be implemented, and pointing out possible improvements. Because of extensive data, only the introductory illustration of such a measurement style is illustrated in the article, and some general findings concerning measurement are presented. However, neither detailed data nor findings concerning the analysis of the questionnaire are presented at this point. The author’s intention was to show the problem of designing formulae necessary for quantity measurement; in spite of their vagueness (or because of it) they are frequently still too rigid for a flexible linguistic capability. This was done on the analysis of examples from the questionnaire, especially concerning the questionnaire’s format and layout, with some other options also pointed out which were overlooked during measurement or were not foreseen by the author, although they also need to be taken into account in further study.
»Pozabljena« slovenska pričevanja iz vélike vojne
Authors: Novak Popov Irena
Published: September 2024

Ivan Pregelj's judgement of the Slovene literature during the First World War, claiming it provided few aesthetic values worth remembering in spite of a great theme, can be upgraded with recognition that during the wartime the relation between external literary experience and literary verbalisation altered so drastically that the literary styles known at the time proved to be insufficient. Juxtaposing the literary works of Fran Kozak, Zofka Kveder, Fran Saleški Finžgar and Ivan Cankar with testimonies in military diaries and memoirs shows that the new procedures are correlated to the intrusion of direct factography, a realistic expansion of experience and multiplication of extreme existential positions. Pathos, so typical of expressionism, is a reflection of a tendency to express linguistically complete uncertainty, the fear of dying, shaken religion and doubt in the sense of battle, which results in a decay of the civilisational, cultural and ethic norms and gives way to a need for renewal.
Simon Krek in Polona Gantar, Slovenska leksikalna podatkovna zbirka
Authors: Gorjanc Vojko
Published: September 2024

The article describes the idea of a lexical database for the Slovene language created on the basis of a corpus analysis. Starting points for the formation of the lexical database are based on experience gained during the trial phase while building a glossary for small bilingual dictionaries by DZS (i.e. the National Slovene Publishing House) with Slovene as the source language, and the corpus analysis as part of the research project entitled “Designing Corpus-based Dictionary and Grammar Descriptions for the Slovene Language”. The authors argue in favour of the creation of a lexical database claiming that the existing dictionaries of the Slovene language are not a reflection of contemporary language, are methodologically outdated, and have never been consistent in their linguistic description without also being prescriptive. The proposed design for a lexical database enables the creation of different types of dictionaries; the outcome of the proposal is an inner hierarchic lexical description of contemporary Slovene, which can be obtained from the FIDA Reference Corpus of the Slovene Language.
Kratka proza na prelomu tisočletja
Authors: Žbogar Alenka
Published: September 2024

A review of Slovene short stories and short novels written in the last two decades of the twentieth century illustrates that the eighties are more prominently marked by the production of short stories rather than short novels, while quite the opposite holds true of the nineties, when short novels seem to predominate. A comparison between the narration of the so-called great themes by Andrej Blatnik and Drago Jančar reveals that the new and the young Slovene prose works differ in their conceptualisation, although both generations frequently portray the (superficial) interpersonal relationships in the urban milieu, and both also employ lyrical aspects and intimism. Fantasy elements are traditional for the older generation, and re-interpretative for the younger writers. New Slovene prose also employs folk motifs with fairytale elements; typical especially of young Slovene prose is a significant shift to meta-fiction.
Motivi in teme v najnovejših komedijah Toneta Partljiča in Vinka Möderndorferja
Authors: Pezdirc Bartol Mateja
Published: September 2024

The article is an analysis of ten most recent comedies by Tone Partljič, collected in the books Komedije (Comedies, 1997) and Izbrane komedije I, II, III (Selected Comedies I, II, III, 2003), and seven comedies by Vinko Möderndorfer, published in Vaja zbora – tri komedije (A Rehearsal for a Choir – Three Comedies, 1998) and Limonada slovenica: štiri komedije (Soap Opera Slovenica: Four Comedies, 2003). The results of the analysis show that in their comedies they frequently employ thematic elements of capital in the society and the issue of upstarts, relations between the urban and the rural world, and, to a large extent, also political events: elections, party discords, lust for power, and responses to different topical questions of our time. However, rare are the comedies without a social engagement with a pronounced erotic component, or those merely aiming to entertain. Comical effects most frequently arise from the elements of situational comedy and the comedy of characters, with added numerous linguistic ambiguities, misunderstandings, and puns. As illustrated by its most engaged and successful writers, Slovene comedy critically responds to the current events within the society, is topical and therefore also bound to the time of its creation. In this sense, Möderndorfer is more universal, paying more attention to the linguistic ambiguities and situational entanglements, while Partljič foregrounds topical political situations, ridiculing the elements of everyday life.
Naslavljanje med žensko in moškim v slovenskem romanu
Authors: Modrijan Nina
Published: September 2024

Forms of address are defined as part of the grammar of social status, foregrounding the study of social relations based on either power or solidarity, which is expressed through certain linguistic means: forms of address. The main objective was to study forms of address between nine literary characters (three women and six men), and the influence of linguistic and other social factors available, as well as the use of these linguistic means. Three Slovene novels were analysed: Lepa Vida (Beautiful Vida) by Josip Jurčič, V krvi (In Blood) by Fran Govekar, and Gospa Judit (Madam Judith) by Ivan Cankar. The combining of sociolinguistics and literary studies, or addressing and analysing dialogues, results in the social and stylistic portrayal of female and male characters in Slovene novels at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Zahodnoslovanska književnost v srednješolskih berilih
Authors: Šink Jure
Published: September 2024

The article is an analysis of how well literary works, whose authors are of Western-Slavonic origins, are represented in high-school textbooks. The author focuses on the analysis of two high-school textbooks, Branja (Readings) and Svet književnosti (The World of Literature). The results of the analysis show that the proportion of these authors is seriously low, while some important literary works from this part of the world, in particular from Slovak literature, have been omitted. The paper presents and gives reasons for the selected literary canon in high-school textbooks, also providing suggestions for the improvement of the current curriculum and education on the central-European area.
Prevajanje ljudskih pesmi in umetne poezije z medbesedilnim navezovanjem na ljudsko izročilo
Authors: Mugerli Maruša
Published: September 2024

Translation of folk songs differs considerably from translation of literary poetry; this is mainly due to the differences between folk songs and literary poetry. Translators of Slovene folk songs have opted for various translation strategies when trying to present Slovene heritage to foreign readers. That translation is not simply a transfer from one language to another, but also, and above all, from one culture to another, is not testified only by the translation of folk songs, but also by literary poetry, which is related intertextually, therefore continuing the Slovene tradition, whose meaning, however, is quite often lost in translation.
Percepcija samoglasniških opozicij pri dijakih pomurskih srednjih šol
Authors: Huber Damjan
Published: September 2024

The article presents the reception and recognition of vowels. A survey in form of a perception test was conducted among the pupils of four high schools in the Pomurje region, i.e. Murska Sobota, Ljutomer and Lendava. The obtained results were analysed and compared with the research carried out among the students of Slavonic and Slovene studies (Tivadar 2004a). The study shows that pupils are not doing well at distinguishing vowel quality, while the length of individual vowels hardly ever influences the distinction between the semantic properties of words. Of all subjects involved in the study, the pupils from the Lendava grammar school had most difficulties with vowel recognition, while it is also interesting to note that vowels were better recognised by female pupils (by as much as 17 %).
Smernice za delo jezikovnega asistenta za slovenščino v okviru manjšinskega šolstva na avstrijskem Koroškem
Authors: Perenič Urška
Published: September 2024

In April 2005, on the basis of a bilateral agreement between Slovenia and Austria, the first application for the post of high-school assistant for Slovene was invited in Austria for the academic year 2005/2006. The article describes a one-year residence and work in Austrian Carinthia. The first part of the article explains the significance of such agreements and defines the role played by a language assistant. Then, it places this role within the educational system in Austria: first, it gives a brief outline of Slovene minority education, emphasising the establishment of a high school with Slovene as part of its curriculum. Then, by comparing the former and current situation in education, it foregrounds the main tasks of such a language assistant. By establishing a link between the school profile and socio-linguistic situation on the one hand, and by following its reflection of the educational process on the other hand, it offers some approaches to teaching Slovene, all with the intention of raising consciousness about the function of language assistance. The article concludes with some roles of a teacher-assistant and contemplates the significance of the illustrated post for both personal and professional growth.
Percepcija klasičnih grško-rimskih filozofskih kategorij v delih slovenskega pisatelja Alojza Rebule
Authors: Cergol Jadranka
Published: September 2024

The article discusses the influence of classical Greek and Roman culture on the literary works of Slovene writer Alojz Rebula. When reading his works, many reminiscences and perceptions from classical literature come to the fore, and his admiration for the writers from the Antiquity can be felt. The article aims to prove how some classical Greek and Roman philosophical categories (kalokagathia, verum-bonum-pulchrum, anthropeia, etos) have influenced the formation of Rebula’s mental world, and how the writer juxtaposes them to the present feeling of the Absurd and Nothing. In addition, Rebula in the ideal synthesis of Measure and Mystery achieves that greatest direction and synthesis of the Greek mode of thinking.
Za dejaven pouk književnosti
Authors: Žbogar Alenka
Published: September 2024

The author describes an active method of teaching literature, referred to as problem-based creative teaching, foregrounding numerous advantages, cited both in foreign and Slovene studies, as well as the disadvantages of this method. The article argues why the shift from the so-called teaching paradigm to the so-called learning paradigm is sensible also when teaching literature, and what consequences such a shift may have for the teaching of literature, in particular for the teacher and the student.
Priljubljenost – nepriljubljenost slovenščine v prvem triletju osnovne šole
Authors: Grginič Marija
Published: September 2024

The past few decades have seen a significant increase of evaluations, analyses and assessments of the quality of education connected with the nine-year primary school education. In light of curricular reforms, when the time is right for a critical assessment of school work performed in line with the present curriculum, some major deficiencies need to be foregrounded, which contributed to the creation of the new primary school curriculum. The article aims to focus on some obstacles and mistakes made at the early stage of learning how to read and write at the end of the 1990s, which may ease the detection of deficiencies and advantages of the new curriculum. In view of the psychological and social development of the six-year olds, who, according to the new educational system, are enrolled in the nine-year primary school, the authors of this article want to highlight the role played by didactic games at the early stages of literacy, and wish to emphasise the significance for pupils’ motivation, activity and previous knowledge. This is substantiated with the developmental stage of the six-year olds, who typically learn through games, as children are socially motivated and actively participate in the games at this early stage of literacy. In the transition from the eight-year primary school to the nine-year primary school, the authors were interested in the popularity of the subject of Slovene. The research findings show that in the nine-year primary school Slovene is more popular and pupils engage in games more frequently in Slovene lessons.
Živalske omembe v Prežihovem romanu Požganica in njihova preverba v koroškem mežiškem narečju,
Authors: Benko Vanja
Published: September 2024

The article is based on Prežih’s novel Požganica. It extracts sentences in which animals are mentioned and then their meaning is verified in the geographical area of Kot, Plat, Leše, Zagrad and Brdinje in the Meža Valley, as well as in the Dictionary of Standard Slovene and in Keber’s books Živali v prispodobah 1 and 2 (1996, 1998). The extracts from the novel are subsequently precisely verified by selected informants and dialectologically recorded, i.e., by two speeches in the Carinthian Meža dialect (Zagrad and Kot pri Prevaljah) in 1999 and later also in the speech of Brdinje in 2010. With this comparison we seek to demonstrate how in the dialect and in the speeches mentioned the animal world is still linked with the human world even today.
Znani, neznani Prežihov Voranc
Authors: Borovnik Silvija
Published: September 2024

As a point of departure for research observation the discussion poses two questions: Do we really have a good knowledge of the literary work of the well known and canonised writer Prežihov Voranc? Was the writer a social realist in all of his artistic consciousness and practice? We attempt to answer both questions with an analysis of examples from Prežih’s less known early prose, as is accessible to us in Zbrano delo I–III as well as in Nezbrane novele in črtice (1909–1927), Nezbrane novele in črtice (1939–1941) and Naši mejniki (1945–1948).
Kratka potopisna besedila Prežihovega Voranca
Authors: Bošnjak Blanka
Published: September 2024

From the viewpoint of the indicators of travelogue literature, the short travelogue texts in the collections Od Kotelj do Belih vod (1945) and Borba na tujih tleh (1946) reveal the documentary orientation of the texts along with the subjective presence of the author, who serves to provide information; at the fore are references to social and political life, as well as representations of time and space. In addition to these characteristics of the travelogue journal the texts in both collections also contain various narrative approaches and rhetorically provided real facts, lending them the structural character of the literary travelogue, due to the prevailing aesthetic characteristics and the textual fictional signals the certain texts are approaching narrative prose.
Evropa in njeni »drugi«: Kosovel zre na »Vzhod«
Authors: Jelnikar Ana
Published: September 2024

The article deals with the significance and role of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore for the work and reflections of Srečko Kosovel. As well as revealing the historical logic that led to Kosovel, on the background of his own position as a downtrodden “Other” within Europe, identifying in many ways with his Indian contemporary, the author of the present article offers a model of perception of the “East” that differs from classical romantic or colonial “Orientalism”. Tagore was important to Kosovel primarily as a contemporary who was engaged with similar issues to those that concerned the young poet. The article deals primarily with Kosovel’s ambivalent relationship towards Europe, or his criticism of Europe, which is comparable with Tagore’s criticism of Western civilisation (imperialism and nationalism). It offers an original reading of Kosovel’s Ecstasy of Death as an antiimperialist, liberation poem that is in line with certain better known poets and thinkers fromthe non-European world who deal with the decolonisation.
Rastlinsko in živalsko podobje v poeziji Svetlane Makarovič,
Authors: Novak Popov Irena
Published: September 2024

In the early collections of poetry for adults by Svetlana Makarovič (Somrak, Kresna noč, Volčje jagode), plant and animal imageryillustrates the mood of the lyrical subject and the atmosphere, while in the later collections (Srčevec, Pelin žena, Sosed gora,Tisti čas) this imagery depicts emotions and interpersonal relationships, as well as offences and crimes against weaker beings. By emphasisingthe individual, original aspects, the poet expresses disappointment and indignation at the loss of harmony with natural forces and the neglect of thesacredness of life. The specific selection of species is aligned with cosmic cycles, while the choice of plant motives creates the impression of anauthority on endemic herbs with their healing and harmful effects. The poems make topical, overturn and grotesquely intensify the positive and negativesemantic values that are attributed to the living world by culture, especially pre-scientific knowledge in the concept of the great chain of beings,which can easily be recognised and accepted even by estranged contemporaries.
Poezija Svetlane Makarovič med literarno in glasbeno paradigmo,
Authors: Pompe Gregor
Published: September 2024

In spite of the latent musicality that, according to the findings of literary experts, is demonstrated by the poetry of Svetlana Makarovič, the poet’stexts have not particularly inspired Slovene composers. This is even more unusual given that the poet’s texts are not placed in close connection withmusic only by the external form of the poems but also by their typical inner structure, related to the emptying of apparently simple folk models.Central to the article is a comparison of the two key cycles of lieder that set Makarovič’s poetry to music – Pesmi iz mlina by Marijan Lipovšekand Vojskin čas by Pavle Merku. The procedures employed by the two composers in the setting of similar poetry differ considerably: Merkuattempts to approach poetic palimpsest juxtaposition, while, in contrast, Lipovšek remains true to musical homogenisation. It emerges that it ispossible to link the difference with diverging musical and literary paradigms, which have a rather complex mutual relationship.
Pesnik in glasbenik: skica sodobnih stičišč
Authors: Novak Popov Irena
Published: September 2024

The article provides an analysis of new forms of interaction between poetry and music that have become established in recent times as intermedia events. Particular attention is devoted to poets who express a lasting interest in sonic qualities, whether in titles, motifs, life philosophy or in the musically motivated composition of poetic texts. The article also describes various multimedia projects and music-poetry events that have been recorded at alternative cultural venues and are accessible on sound media or as videos transferred to the Internet.
Doseganje književnovzgojnih ciljev z IKT v gimnaziji
Authors: Čampelj Renata
Published: September 2024

Bringing together both quantitative and qualitative methodological research paradigms, our analysis combines experimental and action research based on two grammar school (gimnazija) classes. The experiment was carried out in two phases, each involving approximately three weeks of distance learning project work, with the control group and the experimental group taking turns in each phase. The first experimental phase included distance learning by means of technology, classic textbook and workbook, while the second phase only involved work in an Internet classroom. Tests and questionnaires were used as measurement instruments. By adopting this combination of research methods, we confirmed our initial hypothesis that literary educational goals (literary competence, literary knowledge and educational goals) can be achieved with equal success both by classic teaching methods and contemporary approaches.
Geometrizacija prostora in filozofija narave
Authors: Vrečko Janez
Published: September 2024

Kosovel’s square shape is based on the constructivist abolishment of Euclidian space and Renaissance perspective. Kosovel chose constructivism because it enabled him to synthesise a mechanical technique and organic nature. Kosovel’s phrase “hay roofs” serves to represent a polemical treatment of the so-called social order (“socialno naročilo”) and illiterate crowds, and in doing so raises the question of tendentious art and social realism.
»Odgovôri v celem stavku.«
Authors: Bešter Turk Marja
Published: September 2024

In grades 1-4 of primary school, pedagogical dialogue is characterised by, among other things, the teacher eliciting from the pupil syntactically complete, i.e., full sentences, in response to his or her questions, even if this means violating the rules of dialogical communication. The article presents the findings of research into how common this practice is in the classroom and how it is justified by the teachers who use it. This is followed by an interpretation of the answers in which we reflect on the (un)reasonableness of leading pedagogical dialogue in such a way.
Recepcija Cirila Kosmača pri študentih Pedagoške fakultete
Authors: Udovič Medved Vida
Published: September 2024

The article highlights the reception of Ciril Kosmač on the part of students of the Faculty of Education in Koper; the data were acquired by surveying 106 students of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 generations, all of whom had sat the secondary school-leaving Matura exam. The primary and secondary school curriculum for Slovenian and the current reading materials with excerpts from Ciril Kosmač served as the basis of the survey. The results show that the short story Tantadruj is among Kosmač’s most popular works.
Podoba očeta v Kosmačevem romanu Pomladni dan in noveli Pot v Tolmin
Authors: Lah Klemen
Published: September 2024

The discussion provides an interdisciplinary treatment of the literary character and image of the father in the works of Ciril Kosmač, especially in the short story The Way to Tolmin and the novel A Day in Spring. The father figure is highlighted in the context of father images in literary history and linked to Kosmač’s biographical data, which shows the strong influence of his father’s oral narrative style on the author’s written narrative style.
O prevladovanju estetskega nad poučnim v mladinski književnosti
Authors: Haramija Dragica
Published: September 2024

Helga Glušič takes the standpoint that, in quality youth literature, ethics and aesthetics should take priority over pedagogical goals. In her research, she primarily pursues two aspects: the process of relieving youth literature of pedagogical elements, and play (its subject matter and/or formal element) and humour as two important elements of this kind of literature. By advocating the artistic value of a literary work as more crucial than its pedagogical usefulness, Glušič was among the first to establish a standard for the evaluation of youth literature that is still valid today.
Pomenske spremembe pridevnika priden od 16. stoletja do danes
Authors: Tratar Olga
Published: September 2024

The article presents the semantic changes in the adjective priden from the 16th century to the present day. In this period, the meaning spectrum of this denominal adjective has been reduced. While the prevailing original meaning of the lexeme priden was “useful”, today the central meanings are “hard-working, diligent” and “fulfilling one’s obligations or other people’s expectations”. The changes in meaning have been accompanied by changes in the collocational profile of the adjective, which, in the 16th century, predominantly collocated with a core noun containing the categorial component “-live”, whereas today it collocates exclusively with nouns marked “+live”.
Literarno branje
Authors: Zupan Sosič Alojzija
Published: September 2024

Literary reading is the most important kind of reading for literary science. It can enrich other kinds of reading, especially those that might, in the future, become shallow due to certain features of “electronic reading”. Crucial in determining literary reading is its division into first-level and second-level reading, taking into account the general characteristics of literary interpretation, the reading conditions, the familiarity of the reader with the literary contract, his or her reading competence, empathy, intent and evaluation; in fact, division into reading levels is a division according to how the reader can or wishes to shape the meaning of what he or she has read. Whereas first-level reading involves filling out the referential framework, second level is concerned with filling out “the empty spaces” or the realisation of the work of art. As literary reading is form- and content-oriented, impressions are created and reinforced in the process of reading by the reader’s knowledge of literary theory, literary history and literary interpretation, as well as by all of the supporting literary sciences and the projection of non-literary knowledge onto the literary text. In short, literary reading is a complex process of giving meaning to the literary text, a process that, through various kinds and forms of reading, is performed by a literary competent reader.
Patološki odnos med materjo in hčerjo/sinom v prozi Gabriele Babnik in Gorana Vojnovića
Authors: Vollmaier Lubej Janja
Published: September 2024

The present contribution presents the pathological coexistence of mother and daughter (Babnik) and the absence of the mother (Vojnović), demonstrating the consequences brought upon individual literary characters by verbal violence, alienation, a non-genuine relationship, and a relationship lacking in love. The analysis is focused on the child victim of a pathological family relationship, and attempts to address the question of how the traumatic childhood experience of the literary character influences that character’s adulthood. Given that the key literary characters in the novels of Gabriela Babnik and Goran Vojnović narrate a difficult relationship with the mother, a comparative analysis of the starting points is carried out, taking into account a woman-mother who 1) traditionally follows patriarchal patterns, and 2) attempts to free herself from these patterns of domination.
Vitomil Zupan – dvorni dramatik revolucije?
Authors: Troha Gašper
Published: September 2024

Jurij Trajbas’s Project (Stvar Jurija Trajbasa) is a Slovenian socialist realism drama and the first dramatic text by Vitomil Zupan. It was prohibited by the Italian censor at the beginning of World War II and severely criticised after the war by the communist authorities. Between 1940 and 1948, the two milestones in the reception of this dramatic text, Vitomil Zupan wrote a number of agitkas, which won him the first ever Prešeren Prize (1947), the most prestigious Slovenian national prize for achievements in the field of culture. The reception of his first dramas and his wartime texts raises the question of the author’s poetics before 1949, when he was sentenced to prison in a rigged trial. The present paper demonstrates the consistent development of socio-critical tendencies in Zupan’s poetics spanning from Stvar Jurija Trajbasa to agitkas and his post-war dramatic texts such as Aleksander praznih rok (Alexander the Empty Handed) from 1955. The latter represents the beginnings of Slovenian existentialist drama and concludes the author’s reflection upon Nietzsche’s concept of the will to power. We can thus trace the coherent development of the author’s socio-critical drama across two decades. However, due to the author’s imprisonment and the lack of theatre performances of his texts, this drama was never able to resonate to its full extent.
Omejevanje svobodne misli na primeru slovenske in španske povojne dramatike
Authors: Gaberšček Neža
Published: September 2024

The article provides a comparison of the situation of theatre in post-war Slovenia and Spain, presenting Slovenian and Spanish post-war drama, which was critical of the respective post-war governments. Specific Slovenian and Spanish dramatic works are used to demonstrate that, despite the geographical and ideological distance between them, post-war Slovenian and Spanish drama treated similar problems that emerged as a result of the post-war regime: problems of violence and ideological limitations on thought, the plight of the intellectual and the artist, the need of the authorities to preserve enemies of the state, the entrapment of the individual in the system, and the removal of opponents of the regime.
Pripovedne značilnosti sodobne slovenske tržaške kratke proze (1990–2013)
Authors: Umek Loredana
Published: September 2024

The article analyses the short story narrative of contemporary Slovenian writers from Trieste published in the last twenty years in the Trieste region. It deals with the authors’ narrative worlds as well as the motivic-thematic and material-conceptual aspects that formally and stylistically define the characteristics of Trieste short stories. The works in question form a corpus of sophisticated literary texts that shed light not only on events and life in Trieste, but also on the existential crises and dilemmas of modern man. The article does not treat the short prose works of Boris Pahor, Alojz Rebula and Vladimir Bartol in detail, as their works have already been extensively monographically profiled in keySlovenian and Trieste literary studies.
Cankarjevo tekmovanje v osnovni šoli: kaj menijo mentorice in mentorji?
Authors: Saksida Igor
Published: September 2024

After outlining the distinction between spontaneous and critical reading in the introduction, the article discusses the responses of primary school teachers gathered in a questionnaire related to an optional form of reading competence assessment known as the Cankar Award Contest: the role of mentors, the range and suitability of the literary texts, the essay titles and criteria for the assessment of pupils’ answers. Critical reading is related to a communication approach to literature that defines “a reading event” as a transition from a subjective to a critical response to literature, a process in which the teacher’s involvement is essential. Mentors of the Cankar Award Contest stress the importance of goals related to reading motivation and the development of reading competence, together with the individualisation of approaches to language teaching. When discussing classroom activities, they list critical reading of literary works, in-depth understanding of reading tasks and the topicalisation of literary messages as the most important components of a reading event. They find both reading tasks and reading criteria very appropriate; in their opinion, however, the criteria should be somewhat more precise at the first level of the contest.
Preverjanje sporazumevalne zmožnosti v slovenskem jeziku na splošni maturi od začetkov do danes
Authors: Bavdek Mojca , Končina Marija
Published: September 2024

The article provides a concise review of the verification and evaluation of pupils’ Slovenian language proficiency in the general secondary school leaving examination (the so-called Matura). It lists the team of authors who planned and designed the Slovenian language examination, as well as presenting the examination structure, the Second Examination Paper intended for the linguistic analysis of a non-fiction text, and the requirements that such a text should meet. The article also discusses the method of evaluation and assessment of the Examination Paper and the oral part of the examination, as well as presenting the examination catalogue and seminars for teachers involved in the implementation of the General Matura Examination.
Branja − učbeniki (berila) za današnji in prihodnji čas
Authors: Degan Kapus Majda
Published: September 2024

New textbooks for literature pursuing the contemporary didactical concepts of Boža Krakar Vogel emerged as the curriculum underwent reform in the period 1998–2011. The aim of the present article is to outline the key features of the gimnazija literature textbooks Readings1, 2, 3, 4, focusing on their concepts, structure, selection of texts and didactical approaches.
Kako poučevati verzologijo: silabotonična metrika in ritmika
Authors: Bjelčevič Aleksander
Published: September 2024

Students have trouble determining accentual-syllabic rhythm because there is rarely a complete correspondence between meter and accent in Slovenian poetry. This problem can be solved with simple statistics and modified definitions of iamb, trochee, dactyl, amphibrach and anapest. The symbols– and U do not, therefore, represent accented and unaccented syllables, but rather indicate that accented syllables occur often (−) and rarely (U), respectively, in these metrical positions. The proper definition of, for example, iamb is therefore “poetic meter where even metrical positions bear significantly more accented syllables than odd positions”. Statistics can also explain unaccented masculine rhyme and make the difference between accentual-syllabic verse and prose visible.
Književnodidaktične kompetence učiteljev slovenščine med študijem in prakso
Authors: Kerndl Milena
Published: September 2024

The article presents the results of a questionnaire for third-cycle primary school Slovenian language teachers. The questionnaire is about the knowledge or competences that teachers gained during their pre-service literature training. The research demonstrates that there is a gap between the requirements of Slovenian language instruction and the expertise of new teachers, and that this gap is being reduced too slowly. In order to bridge the gap, it would be advisable for all of the institutions involved in pre- and in-service teacher training to cooperate more. Only common endeavours will contribute to a higher level of teacher expertise in quality and modern literature instruction, which would consequently lead to a culture of higher expectations in developing students’ reception ability. According to research results (PISA, national examinations), the inclusion of demanding reading tasks that develop critical judgement is not yet everyday practice, which is why one should consider both the existing study programmes for future Slovenian language teachers as well as the number of special didactics lessons.
Podobe živali v poeziji Daneta Zajca: hibridizacija ter razpad subjekta in njegovega jezika
Authors: Harlamov Aljoša
Published: September 2024

Applying the theoretical framework of animal studies, animal depictions in the poetry of Dane Zajc can be divided into two groups. In the first are poems in which the (lyrical) subject maintains a hierarchical dualistic relationship towards the animal, which is a legacy of the modern rational subject; in the second are poems in which the (lyrical) subject exceeds the anthropocentric perspective and the hybridisation of the subject begins. The latter presupposes a permeability of human and animal categories, and with it the permeability of the subject, effectively resulting in its disintegration and a more consistent use of modernist poetic devices.
Literarna oseba v sodobnem slovenskem romanu
Authors: Zupan Sosič Alojzija
Published: September 2024

The double identity of character is very important for the definition of character; on the one hand, there is an “illusion” of mimesis, while, on the other, there is the idea of literary construction. This double identity has led research of the contemporary Slovenian novel to the connection of intraliterary and extraliterary reality. The dominance of the “small story” and “new emotionality” has brought many innovations to the Slovenian novel (1990–2015) in terms of characterisation: more female characters, contemporary male and female images, modification of gender stereotypes and gender roles, questioning of the traditional family, more space for gender minorities, the child’s point of view, and activity in emergency.
Percepcija in razumevanje tolmačenja v slovenski znakovni jezik pri gluhih in naglušnih dijakih
Authors: Kulovec Marjetka , Vintar Špela
Published: September 2024

The article describes a pilot study performed at the Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ljubljana with the aim of investigating the level of understanding in a group of students who use sign language interpreting to follow classes. It also explores their preferences regarding interpreting style. The results are discouraging, given that students on average understand less than 50% of the content of classes, while it was not possible to clearly differentiate between interpreting styles within our experiment. The students’ attitudes and preferences regarding sign language interpreting are also analysed. As the first research of its kind to be performed in Slovenia, the study addresses important issues regarding education of the deaf and hard of hearing population.
Polpremi govor v slovenščini: nekateri izsledki analize korpusa izvirnih slovenskih besedil
Authors: Vogrinčič Ana
Published: September 2024

The article presents some findings of a corpus-based study of original Slovene texts regarding linguistic realisations of free indirect discourse. It covers the principal characteristics and functions of the phenomenon, the theoretical description of which is inadequate in existing Slovene linguistics literature. Particular attention is devoted to the forms used for simultaneous verbal actions. Based on observation of the textual corpus, the findings indicate that there are two models of verb form selection for simultaneous actions in Slovene: with sedanjik (a present tense form) and with preteklik (a past tense form). The findings complement the existing descriptions of free indirect discourse in Slovene and offer some basic premises for further translatological, contrastive and similar studies.
Narečna literatura kot značilnost »manjšinske literature«?
Authors: Cergol Jadranka
Published: September 2024

The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate that dialect literature is one of the main characteristics of minority literature. Previous studies have shown that Slovenian dialect literature arises primarily on the outskirts of the Slovenian ethnic settlement area, in neighbouring countries and even in those areas where the Slovenian language comes into contact with other languages. Analysing the cases of two minority communities – Slovenians in Italy and the Italian minority in Slovenia and Croatia – the author attempts to demonstrate that dialect literature is a very typical phenomenon in minority literature and displays a special relationship to language in general.
Jože Koruza, sodobna slovenska dramatika in gledališče
Authors: Toporišič Tomaž
Published: September 2024

The essay begins with the assumption that Jože Koruza commenced his research on Slovenian contemporary drama and theatre along with his important activities as a founding member of the first experimental stage in Slovenia Oder 57 (Stage 57). His work as a historian and theoretician of Slovenian drama therefore interlinked with his theatrical activities. When writing about the specificity of Slovenian contemporary drama, he also wrote about its interdependence and dialogical relation with contemporary European drama and theatre after WWII. At the same time, however, he explored in detail the interaction of Slovenian textual, theatrical, cultural and political practices during the first and second aesthetic and theatrical revolution, that is, in the 1960s and 1970s.
Avtorice v slovenskih srednješolskih berilih
Authors: Božič Zoran
Published: September 2024

The paper is based on quantitative research on the share of women authors in Slovenian secondary school literature textbooks between 1850 and 2000. The highest share (about 15%) was achieved by women authors after the Second World War and in contemporary textbooks. However, this share occurred in only one of three competing books, which offers a considerably larger selection of authors than required by the curriculum. The research showed that the share of women authors depends on the scope of the approach: the fewer authors included, the smaller the chance of women authors being represented. With a very strict selection of nationally representative authors, the female gender is not represented at all. The gender of the selector(s) may influence the inclusion of women authors, but not necessarily: even if a textbook’s editor is a woman, she may still fail to include a single woman author. A comparison between textbooks and literary-historical selections shows that women authors in textbooks are less represented (due to limitations of the scope, as determined by the included literary texts), and that selection criteria may also differ.
Konvencija didaskalij: zgodovinske oblike, tipologije, opredelitve in sodobne subverzije
Authors: Zajc Ivana
Published: September 2024

In the introductory paragraph, the article distinguishes the theoretical orientations in research of stage directions and presents the findings of previous research of their historical evolution, comparing different typologies of stage directions. It points out that the definitions often do not take into account the historical changes of stage directions, and fail to reflect their own theoretical standpoint. The article presents a definition of stage directions that takes into account the dichotomy of their various properties. It sums up the theoretical findings about contemporary subversions of the convention of stage directions, analysing them in Katarina Marinčič’s novel Po njihovih besedah. The article parses the link between stage directions and the intertextuality of the novel.
Italijansko-slovenski jezikovni stik med ideologijo in pragmatiko
Authors: Grgič Matejka
Published: September 2024

The article focuses on the current situation of the Slovenian language in Italy, in particular among the community of speakers who identify themselves with the Slovenian national minority. It analyses certain sociological, anthropological and psychological aspects emerging from the speakers’ discourses about their perceptions and representations of the language. The paper highlights the Slovenian-Italian language contact area, especially those contexts where the Slovenian language is not the primary language of the speakers and the wider community. Reflection on both the language phenomena and the discourses provides a general overview of the current situation. Moreover, the analysis could be a good theoretical basis for future language planning programmes and policies, and for related implementation strategies. It also provides a good starting point for a critical analysis of models and options that have so far been taken for granted.
Kulturne pogojenosti poučevanja poljščine kot tujega jezika
Authors: Tambor Jolanta , Achtelik Aleksandra
Published: September 2024

Horizontal division of the learning/teaching process is often mentioned in contemporary definitions and glottodidactic descriptions. This practical approach allows one to determine the criteria necessary for appropriate, homogeneous and consistent evaluation of the results of teaching and the level of language proficiency (Seretny, Lipińska 2005). However, this process should also be regarded as vertically diversified: the degree of involvement in evaluation and cognitive competence in each skill. In the case of a learned or acquired language, the level of proficiency can be described as close to that of a native speaker only when a speaker can derive meaning from the context and can modify the meaning because of the context. Context must be understood in a broad sense: words in a statement and references to other texts, as well as cultural background.
Didaskalije in njihova uresničitev v gledališki uprizoritvi Cankarjevih Hlapcev
Authors: Žavbi Milojević Nina
Published: September 2024

The paper deals with stage speech realisation of didascalies in theatre production, focusing on the example of stagings of Cankar’s Hlapci (Eng.: The Bondsmen, The Servants or The Serfs) directed by Sebastijan Horvat (Slovenian Permanent Theatre in Trieste, 2015). Didascalies are a side text of a drama that is transformed to nonverbal (visible and audible) signs in staging. In the paper, didascalies connected to stage speech are studied, especially their impact on the individual actor’s stage speech interpretation and on the stage speech concept as a whole. The research concludes that didascalies are taken into account when they comply with the directorial concept of staging and with the individual actor’s interpretation.
Perspektive učenja slovenskega jezika v Varaždinski županiji
Authors: Medvešek Mojca , Novak Lukanovič Sonja
Published: September 2024

The organisation of Slovenian language learning as an extracurricular activity in the Varaždin County is an important achievement for the Slovenian community, as well as for the preservation of language vitality. By carrying out a survey amongst students attending Slovenian classes and their parents, we sought answers to the following questions: Who are the children attending classes of Slovenian language – are they Slovenian minority members or others? Is Slovenian the first or the second/foreign language for these students? What was the children’s and parents’ motivation for Slovenian language acquisition? What are their attitudes towards the use and significance of Slovenian and other languages? How satisfied are they with the language learning process? Based on an analysis of the responses of the students and parents, we try to assess the perspective of Slovenian language learning in the Varaždin County.