bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Metafora in artefakt: bosanski mostovi kot stičišče kultur in (trans)nacionalnih identitet
Authors: Zimmermann Tanja
Published: September 2024

Bridges are not just functional constructions. Their metaphorical dimension transforms them into real or even absolute metaphors. Thus they not only mark spatial but also temporal divergences (the sychronousness of the asynchronous), enabling encounters and exchanges between various national and transnational constructions of identities. In so doing, the bridge takes on the function of the surgeon’s stitch (suture), connecting various cultural traditions and communities. The “suture” of cultures and identities comes about with the aid of specific narrative strategies, which can be compared with the psychoanalytical procedure of “suture” in Jacques Lacan and Jean-Pierre Oudart. In the present article, these strategies are analysed with regard to examples from literature (Robert Michel, Ivo Andrić) and film (Veljko Bulajić: Bitka na Neretvi, Jean-Luc Godard: Notre musique).
Raziskovalna platforma za specialne didaktike in slovenščina
Authors: Jenko Elizabeta
Published: September 2024

The article presents an interdisciplinary platform for special didactics at the University of Vienna that has given priority to the task of linking research and educational practice, and to assigning special didactics an appropriate position in both science and education. The platform compares the situation of individual specialist didactics, seeking common points that should contribute to the establishment of a comprehensive theoretical model as a bridge between disciplines, as well as enhancing the advancement of this scientific area. The significance of special didactics for Slovene in the extremely heterogeneous environment outside the Republic of Slovenia is demonstrated.
Sporazumevalna zmožnost – eden izmed temeljnih ciljev pouka slovenščine
Authors: Bešter Marja
Published: September 2024

Developing communicative competence in Slovene is one of the principal goals of teaching Slovene based on the contemporary curriculum for primary schools. The article first presents the conception and models of communicative competence as treated in foreign and domestic literature, then the interpretation and ways of developing communicative competence in the classroom, as determined by the updated curriculum for Slovene (2011).
Narativna struktura Kovačičevega romana Deček in smrt
Authors: Cafuta Maja
Published: September 2024

The discussion focuses on the narrative structure of the novel Deček in smrt (1968) by Lojze Kovačič. Specifically, we attempt to determine which narrative methods and categories are used in the selected prose work, that is, how and with which techniques the subjective inner experience of the literary figure is presented. In so doing, we refer to the discussion of D. Cohn, who mentions various narrative methods for presenting the inner experience of the literary figure in the first person and third person context. In the analysis, we also take into account theoretical concepts of the linguistic representation of speech and thought from the perspective of literary style (Short, Leech, Semino, Fludernik), and thus delineate the narrative and experiential I in the story, as well as determining and emphasising the signals with which the two interweave and reflect themselves in the text.
»Druga materinščina« ali zakaj so nekatere stvari »neprevedljive«
Authors: Toroš Ana
Published: September 2024

The article discusses the issues of bilingualism and cross-culturalism as they are revealed in the fate of the principle Romanesque heroes Bubi in Lojze Kovačič’s novel Prišleki (Part 2) and Alex in the novel Le Testament français (Dreams of My Russian Summers) by Andreï Makine. In so doing, it seeks junctures and divergences in the two writers’ acceptance and understanding of the »intermediate position« between two nations. Particular emphasis is placed on their reflection on the »second mother tongue« or the »old mother tongue« and their consequent seeking of an appropriate literary language.
Teorija mentalnih modelov v raziskovanju pogovora: Pot k socio-kognitivnemu modelu pogovora?
Authors: Verdonik Darinka
Published: September 2024

The article deals with the question of whether it is possible to establish a theoretical framework for the research of conversation that would include sociological, cognitive and linguistic aspects of discourse, and would consequently provide a comprehensive explanation of conversation. The point of departure is the socio-cognitive model of Walter Kintsch and Teun A. van Dijk, which is based on the theory of mental models. In the article, the advantages and disadvantages of this model for the comprehensive analysis of conversation are discussed.
Fantastične pripovedi Nika Grafenauerja – pravljični triptih o Mahajani
Authors: Mileva Blažić Milena
Published: September 2024

The article analyses a triptych of contemporary fairy tales by Slovene author Niko Grafenauer: Majhnica and Katrca Škrateljca (1987), Majhnica (1987) and Mahayana and other stories about Majhnica (1990). Niko Grafenauer is a modern classic and a representative author in the Slovene language curriculum (2011). The paper analyses intertextuality, motif reminiscences, the triptych image of a child and love, in particular in the fantasy Mahajana, which is illustrated by Marija Lucija Stupica.
Delo Franceta Bevka v luči literarne zgodovine in srednješolskih beril
Authors: Božič Zoran
Published: September 2024

The article presents a literary-historical view of the role and significance of France Bevk’s literature by comparing it with the author’s role in secondary school reading materials. Seeking parallels with the literary-historical and schooling situations of Ivan Pregelj and Ciril Kosmač, the comparison is focused on the post-World War II period. While Bevk’s literary-historical position in the interwar period was preserved largely due to his role in building national awareness, after Slovenia’s independence, he became a somewhat marginalised secondary school author. The only text (optionally) treated in secondary school reading texts is Bevk’s novel Kaplan Martin Čedermac.
Pripravništvo profesorjev slovenščine v Sloveniji in Avstriji
Authors: Šebjanič Maja
Published: September 2024

Internship is the planned and professionally managed practical training of beginner teachers to achieve independence in their work. As such, it means entering the profession and learning pedagogical skills. The organisation of internship differs from country to country. Both in Slovenia and Austria, entering the teaching profession is organised and regulated on the state level. Although the models are rather similar, they demonstrate differences in some aspects. The results of empirical research based on the experiences of secondary school teachers of Slovene during internship show some deficiencies in the way they are currently organised, and highlight possible modifications aimed at improving the process that introduces secondary school teachers of Slovene to their pedagogical work.
Problem razdvojenega subjekta v delih Marjana Rožanca
Authors: Štuhec Miran , Laznik Anita
Published: September 2024

After a short argumentation of the content, we synthetically highlight some of the main characteristics of Rožanc’s writing. Our interest is largely focused on his essays, as they reveal the most important characteristics of the author’s absorbed and subtle relationship towards the world. Through the notion of split character, the author furnished the basis of questions dealing with God and mankind, man and woman, games and sport, art and creativity, with a constant search for equilibrium and meaning.
Bartol in Veber
Authors: Virk Tomo
Published: September 2024

The article deals with intertextual associations with Veber and his philosophy in Bartol’s prose, as well as Bartol’s personal attitude towards his ex-professor and PhD mentor.
Sto dvajset let slovenske didaktike književnosti (1867–1987)
Authors: Božič Zoran
Published: September 2024

The review article treats the development of Slovenian didactics of literature from Janežič’s Cvetniki to the conclusion of its pre-academic phase in the time of career-oriented education. In the process, changes are observed in the didactic design of reading books and in determining goals, content and methods as conveyed by individual professional articles or the few monographs. Among the important milestones are the beginning of the 20th century within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the 1930s period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the 1970s period of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Zgodovinski in tipološki pregled ulične poezije
Authors: Kusterle Jernej
Published: September 2024

The original homeland of rap music is Africa, where rhythms similar to the rhythms of rap existed in the folk music of individual tribes. As late as in the 20th century, this interesting form of word-voice-music art came into being in the streets of America, and through time came to be known as “street poetry”. As with everything else, street poetry reached Slovenia with a delay of several years. The 1990s were a crucial period, with important developments taking place in both American and Slovenian street poetry, while the turn of the millennium saw a rapid growth in the production of rap music, bringing new possibilities of expression. In the twenty year since the release of Ali-En’s cult album Leva scena, we have been at a point where street poetry needs to be systematically defined and included in the system of literary science. The present article represents an introductory classification of street poetry.
Zupanova vizija razvojnih smernic v dramatiki in gledališču
Authors: Orel Barbara
Published: September 2024

Vitomil Zupan’s Sholion (1973), a collection of theatre essays, reflects on the state of drama and theatre in the early 1970s and outlines the way he anticipates them developing. In his vision of future developmental trends, Zupan sees drama and theatre as the syntheses of several theatre genres: the theatre of the absurd, total theatre and so-called “realistic” theatre, as he himself terms it. Zupan uses this term to denote various approaches to performing that are the opposite to theatre of the absurd and entail elements of social criticism, grotesque, comedy, satire, real situations and projections of ideas regarding the world. This article presents the fundamental ideas of Zupan’s “synthesis of tomorrow”, defining them theoretically and identifying their manifestations in his dramatic opus.
Kako Vitomil Zupan misli gledališče
Authors: Toporišič Tomaž
Published: September 2024

The essay focuses on a seemingly simple question: How did Vitomil Zupan think theatre? The answer to this question can be found in a dialogue with the author’s thoughts from his plays, theatrical writings and essays that can be linked to the ideas of 20th century theatre practitioners and theorists such as Artaud, Brecht, Kermauner, Jovanović, Taufer and Šeligo. Zupan’s conceptions of drama and theatre are linked to and compared with the conceptions of theatre today. It is thus possible to establish how far-reaching his thinking about theatre was, and how productive it can be for theatre after the turn of the millennium. The centre of interest is Sholion (theatre 1972, with a particular focus on the mechanism of performance and its relation to the so-called message), his all too frequently forgotten theoretical treatise on theatre with its attractive conception of the highly dynamic relationship between drama and performance, as well as its concept of theatre as a complex phenomenon with its specific dialectic of mixed media. Drama writing must therefore be open to various ways of theatrical performance.
Jezik usvajamo in se ga učimo iz besedila – neumetnostnega in umetnostnega
Authors: Starc Sonja
Published: September 2024

The article argues that students should acquire and learn about Slovenian language at school using literary texts and not only non-literary texts. A diachronic survey of the curricula and the respective textbooks for Slovenian language classes reveals a sharp swing in the teaching praxis from learning the language only through literary texts to the recent language pedagogy using only non-literary texts. A properly balanced solution should be found in conceptualising the notion of text and teaching it according to the text’s inherent characteristics, as determined by linguistic theories such as systemic functional linguistics. This means learning about the potential resources in the language as a system that creates meanings in any text: non-literary and literary.
Vzgoja kultiviranega bralca kot najpomembnejši cilj pouka književnosti v gimnaziji
Authors: Jožef Beg Jožica
Published: September 2024

The most important goal of literature classes in grammar schools is the education of cultivated readers. This goal justifies the implementation of a systemic literary didactic paradigm, while also overlapping with European trends in literature didactics. The thesis in the present article is illustrated first with an example from the Curriculum for Slovenian Language (2008), followed by an example from the document The Literary Framework for Teachers in Secondary Education (2012), and finally with findings from research conducted to determine how students’ own experience with reading literature/fiction and with literature classes influences the way they perform various tasks in their lives.
Dramska besedila na maturi
Authors: Pezdirc Bartol Mateja
Published: September 2024

This paper analyses the List of Thematic Areas and Set Reading for the Matura Examination from 1996 to 2015. Drama is included six times, with the most frequently used texts being by Ivan Cankar and Henrik Ibsen. Matura preparation enables a complete interpretation and an integral experience of the text. Since, in the case of drama, this includes theatrical performance, I present different questions and tasks focused on the perception of elements of performanceand its relationship to the dramatic text itself, as well as on becoming familiar with the production and reception processes that establish theatre as a social practice, thus meeting the aims of systematic literary didactics.
Razvijanje novih meril za ocenjevanje maturitetnih esejev pri splošni maturi iz slovenščine
Authors: Čokl Sonja , Bucik Valentin
Published: September 2024

We present a new model for assessing and grading the quality and quantity of knowledge in the essay part of the written exam for one of the most important subjects in the Slovenian general Matura examination: Slovenian as a mother tongue. The model is compared with the current procedure of assessing and grading. The proposed assessment rules are based on key competencies of lifelong learning, while grading is based on a 15-point taxonomically justified grading scale. Using this tool, we assessed the knowledge in an adequate number of selected finished exams in the pre-test examination in the 2014/2015 school year. The grade ‘good’ (3) in the new model is one category higher than it is in the existing grading system. The new model addresses the shortcomings of the present marking system, such as the unsuitable ratio between the ‘content’ and ‘language’ parts of the final grade, the over-extensive 50-point marking scale, the groundless determination of the grading class, the unreliable reassessment of essays, the unfounded dispersion of positive grades, etc. The proposed assessment and the grading model have several advantages: they are simple to use, they operate with taxonomically grounded differences in knowledge, and they use qualitative rules that are absent in the current assessment system, which is noticeably based on the subjective sense and consideration of assessors.
Celostno branje slikanic kot izhodišče za branje odraslih z motnjami v duševnem razvoju
Authors: Haramija Dragica , Batič Janja
Published: September 2024

This article brings together the theory of picture books and the methods of integrated reading of picture books by groups of adults with reading or understanding difficulties. When considering a picture book, which is a particular book format in itself, one needs to understand that it comprises three key ingredients: text, illustration and visual-verbal interaction. A picture book tells a story in two languages and is limited in length. The examples of quality picture books showcased here include picture books that are (also) appropriate for adults, which means they have a wider age span and range of reading levels. Through integrated reading of a picture book, deciphering both communication codes, adult readers with mental handicaps find it easier to understand the content of a book, which is the basic principle of light reading.
Govorice dvojezičnih literarnih oseb iz osrednjeslovenskega in beneškoslovenskega prostora
Authors: Curk Mateja
Published: September 2024

The paper deals with contemporary literary texts written by authors living in the province of Udine (Italy) and belonging to the community of so-called Venetian Slovenians (Besiede tele zemlje 2004), as well as a literary work from the central part of Slovenia (Čefurji raus! 2008). Taking into account the tendency of these texts to reflect real-language use, ideological aspects of literary discourse based on language varieties from different parts of the Slovene-speaking territory are discussed.
Fluidnost identitete v dramatiki Matjaža Zupančiča
Authors: Pezdirc Bartol Mateja
Published: September 2024

In the dramatic work of Matjaž Zupančič, the question of identity takes centre stage, as is already evident in his dramatic debut The Exorcists (Izganjalci hudiča), first published in 1989, as well as in his most recent work, The Passage (Prehod), from 2015. Matjaž Zupančič is interested in the contradictions of the modern world, extreme situations provoked by the question of human identity. He is not, however, interested in cultural or national identities, but rather in the individual in his/her relationship with the collective and/or system.
Franc Wützenstein: prvi romanopisec na Kranjskem
Authors: Vidmar Luka
Published: September 2024

The paper deals with the almost unknown Carniolan writer Baron Franz von Wützenstein (1631‒1677). It first shows that, until the end of the 20th century, Valvasor was the only one to preserve some knowledge of his works for the intellectual public in Slovenia and Germany. It then describes the history of Wützenstein’s family in Carniola and reconstructs his life from his birth in Ljubljana to his death in the Lebek Castle near Vače. Finally, it describes his works: Vulcani Liebes-Garn (1669), which is a translation of the novel La rete di Vulcano by Ferrante Pallavicino; the novel Schicksel der lieben Bellimire und Corilanders (1671), which is either an original or translated work; and La perfetta maritata oder die vollkommene Vermählte (1687), which is a translation of the manual La perfecta casada by Luis de León. There is still no known extant copy of the work La muta loquace, das ist: die Stumm-Redende, which was probably a translation of the novel La muta loquace by Giovanni Antichio.
Narativne strategije v pridigah Matije Vertovca
Authors: Bošnjak Blanka
Published: September 2024

Matija Vertovec (1784–1851) was born in Vipavsko. As a priest, he was also engaged in history, geography, chemistry, physics and astronomy, as well as agriculture, wine-growing and winery in particular. He was a member of Bleiweis’s Novice from the day of their establishment in 1843. Vertovec was a popular preacher and published some of his selected sermons and speeches in the book Shodni ogovori (1850), in which we can find various narrative strategies and structures: rhetorically formed narrative examples, the drama of events, picturesque descriptions, imagination, intertextual processes, etc.
Dolina Isse: duhovna avtobiografija in »film spomin«
Authors: Rezoničnik Lidija
Published: September 2024

The article deals with the novel The Issa Valley, written by the Nobel laureate in literature Czesław Miłosz, and its eponymous film adaptation by film director Tadeusz Konwicki. Both authors were born in the region of today’s Lithuania, which, with its intact natural environment and ancient folk beliefs, left a strong mark on their childhoods. In the present novel or film, the authors narrate their childhood through fragmentary memories, which are transformed by fiction, and through representations of thoughts: while Miłosz narrates his own childhood, Konwicki transforms the novel into film and shows the story through audio-visual images, at the same time also exposing himself in the role of author. With a chronotope analysis, and based on the anthropological-morphological method of film analysis, the contribution presents the methods of verbal and audio-visual representation of an adult-narrator memory on the landscape of his home region and on the time of childhood as well as defining the discussed works with the categories “spiritual autobiography” and “film-memory”.
Najin Gradnik
Authors: Hladnik Miran
Published: September 2024

The paper reports on the editorial dilemmas and experiences of Miran Hladnik and Tone Pretnar in preparing five books of collected poetic works (1984–2008) by Alojz Gradnik (1882–1967) for critical edition.
Jezik sodobnega literarnega diskurza koroških Slovencev
Authors: Curk Mateja
Published: September 2024

On the background the Carinthian language conflict, is it possible for a writer to freely decide on the choice of language? In the article, historical research of language policy conflict in Austrian Carinthia is upgraded by rethinking the meaning of using German in the contemporary European context of complex linguistic and other social circumstances that determine the lives and the literary writing of Carinthian Slovenes.
Skladenjska analiza slovenščine in slovenski jezikoslovno označeni korpusi
Authors: Ledinek Nina
Published: September 2024

The article deals with the possibilities of using linguistically annotated corpora of Slovenian for syntactic analyses. Due to the inadequately developed Slovenian language infrastructure – at least eight syntactically annotated corpora of Slovenian are available to users, but due to their small size they only allow a limited scope of syntactic analysis – there is a small number of systematic and comprehensive corpus-based studies on Slovenian syntax, most of which rely on the analysis of morphosyntactically annotated corpora of Slovenian.
Nedoločniške skladenjske strukture v francoščini in slovenščini in njihovo prevajanje
Authors: Schlamberger Brezar Mojca
Published: September 2024

The paper provides an overview of French and Slovenian syntactic structures that can be combined with an infinitive. The aim is to provide a comparison of parallel infinitival structures of both languages on the basis of the FraSloK parallel corpus of literary texts FraSloK, which is part of the multilingual corpus Spook (Mezeg 2010 (http://nl.ijs.si/noske/spook.cgi/, access with a password). On the basis of the analysis, we can reflect upon the stylistic value of translations and previsibility of infinitive use based on the type of the verb.
Podredno izraženi protivnost in pojasnjevalnost
Authors: Gabrovšek Dejan
Published: September 2024

The aim of the contribution is to explore the function of subordinate conjunctions that express contrast and clarification. This is associated with different typologies of embedded clauses and the attention paid to lexical and semantic structures. The first part refers to Slovenska slovnica and contemporary literature, while the second part analyses the usage of conjunctive elements, predominantly focusing on transformations into coordinate clauses.
Prepričanja vzgojiteljev o rabi slikanice brez besedila v vrtcu
Authors: Skubic Darija , Podobnik Uršula
Published: September 2024

Numerous research studies emphasise the importance of picture books for preschool children when developing literacy skills. The role of illustrations as an aid to help children visualise the literary content, understand the text and increase their vocabulary and verbalisation also receives attention in various studies. The main aim of the present study was to investigate preschool teachers’ beliefs about wordless picture books and their use in kindergarten. For this purpose, an 18-item questionnaire was created and sent to randomly selected Slovenian kindergartens. A total of 175 respondents participated in the study. The results show that the attitude of preschool teachers towards wordless picture books and their use is positive and encouraging. The respondents did not differ significantly in their beliefs according to sex, age, education, working position and work experience, although some significant differences did emerge with regard to kindergarten locations.
Etično versus politično korektno: kontroverze v sodobni literarni vedi
Authors: Virant Špela
Published: September 2024

Since the time of Ancient Greece, ethical questions have been of major importance for literature and literary theory. Although marginalised in Modernism, they reappeared after the “ethical turn” at the end of the twentieth century. The present article focuses on some major topics addressed in current debates: different conceptions of literature and ethics, empathy and self-reflection, generalisation and universality of ethical values, and the aspect of time. The issues discussed will be exemplified by the reception of Gomringer’s poem avenidas.
Učni načrt za slovenščino v osnovni šoli (2011) v luči sodobnih pogledov na pouk mladinske književnosti
Authors: Mileva Blažić Milena
Published: September 2024

The article analyses the Slovenian Curriculum in Primary School (2011), focusing on youth literature, folk literature, the relationship between female and male authors, and between Slovenian and English literature. It highlights certain deficiencies and proposes options for improvement.
Literatura, etika in pouk književnosti v gimnazijah
Authors: Virk Tomo
Published: September 2024

The article proceeds from the assumption that ethical education is an integral part of literature teaching in grammar schools. It highlights both the advantages and disadvantages of ethical education through literature, and concludes that the main reason for the ambiguity of this kind of education lies in the specific approach, which primarily focuses on the education of specific, socially acceptable or desirable ethical (or moral) values. Referring to the theories of G. C. Spivak and M. C. Nussbaum, it proposes a different kind of approach based on the belief that the greatest ethical potential of literature lies in its ability to confront the reader with otherness and the Other. Literature prepares the reader, with the help of his or her imagination, for an empathic encounter with singular ethical situations. Reading literature thus broadens our ethical awareness and contributes to our ethical sensibility. The current grammar school curriculum offers a sufficient basis for this kind of ethical education, as it prescribes a wide range of high-quality literary works of world and Slovenian literature from various periods and cultures.
Razvijanje literarne zmožnosti pri pouku književnosti
Authors: Žbogar Alenka
Published: September 2024

The article provides a definition of literary competence from two of its most important constituent aspects: the reader’s perspective, and the aspect of literary texts and their institutionalisation in education. This is followed by an attempt to define literary literacy and reading literacy. The concepts are highlighted from the perspective of various reading surveys and an attempt is made to apply the results to Slovenian school practice.
Pripovedna pot po Ljubljani. Slovstveno izročilo kot del ogleda mesta
Authors: Kropej Telban Monika
Published: September 2024

Based on a study of various stories regarding select locations in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital city, the article presents a Storytelling Tour of Ljubljana – a walking tour that includes the most important sights in the centre of Ljubljana. This narrative legacy is part of the identity of local social groups. It presents information regarding the living conditions, mentality and emotionality of the people for the periods in which they were both created and passed on. Presenting this narrative legacy as an oral performance has great potential for the cultural, tourist and educational range of activities on offer. In this way, the tourists/participants can really vividly imagine the lifestyle of the local population and learn about their narrative culture. Moreover, the information and tales presented in this way are far more memorable. The Storytelling Tour of Ljubljana was designed to complement the official school curriculum, as well as to enrich the tourist experience of visitors of all ages. Participants in the tour have an opportunity to become familiar with the local folklore and the broader tradition of oral heritage, observing how specific motives were passed on orally both in the local community and within the framework of the broader European storytelling heritage.
Kakovost v jezikovnem testiranju: misija nemogoče?
Authors: Ferbežar Ina
Published: September 2024

The article presents the education programme Slovenian as a Second and Foreign Language and the context in which it was established. Critical issues are raised regarding the programme and the system of testing and certifying Slovenian as a second and foreign language based on the programme. The Slovenian language exams that have been in place since 2015 were developed according to international quality standards. The article gives a more detailed presentation of the three most critical standards: comparability of test versions, reliability of rating, and analysis of test results.
Slovenščina kot jezik dediščine v slovenski skupnosti v Torontu
Authors: Kralj Tadej
Published: September 2024

The Slovenian community in multicultural Toronto functions with two official languages: English and French. In my contribution, I place Slovenian among heritage languages brought by speakers from their authentic environment – in this case, the Slovenian-speaking environment – on immigrating and transmitted to the next generations of the Slovenian immigrants’ descendants. I deal with a position of Slovenian as a heritage language in the Slovenian community. I am interested in the role of Slovenian with three types of language users identified with a help of heritage language theory.
Primer Oder 57: poskus rekonstrukcije estetike igralskega govornega in telesnega izraza
Authors: Pori Eva
Published: September 2024

The paper focuses on the lack of representation of Oder 57 in terms of the treatment of the actors’ voice expression. In Slovenian theatre studies, there is a lack of research focusing on the relationship between speech (with an emphasis on the voice layer of speech) and body expression supported by more detailed analyses and a clear methodologically interdisciplinary approach. The present discussion is an attempt to reconstruct the aesthetics of Oder 57 with an emphasis on the formation of the actors’ speech and body expression, focusing on an analysis and description of their relationship. Using the specific example of Otroka reke by Dane Zajc, and analysing the critical and acting aspects of Veno Taufer and Kristijan Muck, the paper attempts to define the relationship between the actors’ speech (voice) and body expression in the productions of Oder 57. The presented reconstructive method and findings will be useful for comparable research in theatre studies.
Od prevajanja Molièra in Metastasia do uprizarjanja Micke in Matička: dolgo porajanje slovenske posvetne dramatike in gledališča
Authors: Vidmar Luka
Published: September 2024

The article re-examines the formation of Slovenian secular drama and theatre. In 1669 or 1670, Fran Krsto Frankopan started to translate Molière’s comedy George Dandin, and probably around 1775, Jurij Japelj started to translate Metastasioʼs libretto Artaserse. The first secular play, entitled Opereta, was published by Anton Feliks Dev in 1780. After 1781, Anton Tomaž Linhart and Žiga Zois began to translate Italian arias, and these Slovenian songs were then performed by visiting German and Italian theatre troupes in Ljubljana. The first documented secular theatrical performance was a staging of Linhart’s Županova Micka (a translation of Richter’s comedy Die Feldmühle) in 1789 in Ljubljana. In 1790, Linhart’s Matiček se ženi (an adaptation of Beaumarchais’s comedy La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro) was published, but obviously not performed. After 1803, when Kopitar’s Tinček Petelinček (an adaptation of Kotzebue’s play Der Hahnenschlag) was staged in Ljubljana, the tradition of Slovenian theatre – despite many new original and translated plays – only continued in 1848.
Očetje in sinovi v maturitetnih romanih Konje krast in Figa
Authors: Zupan Sosič Alojzija
Published: September 2024

The graduation novels Konje krast (Out Stealing Horses) and Figa (Fig) address less common, almost taboo topics in the father-son relationship, such us overcoming child trauma and silence on the loss of a loved one. The study focuses on the following story junctions: the father’s absence, pain as a place of overcoming and exceeding the past, the intertwining of time, the placement of the family story in the social context, and the significance of nature for the main literary characters. Numerous quality similarities at the story level are, at the end, joined by a discussion of the narrative qualities of both novels, which brings a significant difference: Konje krast contains higher narrative quality whereas Figa is a novel of lower quality. In Figa, partial trivialisation at the narrative level involves the (trivial) procedures of simplification, redundancy, monosemicity and a lack of self-referentiality. The consequences of these procedures are unreduced narrativity, linear reporting, and a lack of symbolism and metaphor or aesthetic concentration.
Frazeološka podoba smrti v makedonskem in slovenskem jeziku
Authors: Mirchevska-Bosheva Biljana , Nikolovski Gjoko
Published: September 2024

The article deals with the phraseological image of death in Macedonian and Slovenian. Macedonian and Slovenian idioms related to the concept of death in terms of meaning and/or components are discussed. Based on a chronological treatment of death, the collected phraseological material is analysed and divided into three large groups (death is approaching, death, posthumous moments). The initial hypothesis of the paper is that such a chronological conceptualisation of death can be applied to both languages.
Potopisni žanri na prelomu 19. in 20. stoletja v slovenskem revijalnem tisku: Slovenski pogled na »srbski Pariz«
Authors: Sevšek Šramel Špela
Published: September 2024

The genre of the travelogue in Slovenian literature at the end of nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century becomes modified aesthetically and ideologically. Travelogues were popular reading, published mainly in periodicals, but also in book form as travel diaries. A shift from facts and description in travelogues towards belles-lêttres leads to a distinction between journal travel writing and fiction (the travelogue novel). Slovenian writers relate their journeys to the Balkans and to the Slavic idea, emphasising cultural and linguistic closeness. The differences in ethnic and religious denominations become a source of stereotypes that are seldom overcome. In Slovenian travelogues, Belgrade does not represent a final destination, but is merely a stop-off during travels to the Balkans or the Orient. The paper mainly discusses Anton Aškerc’s travelogue Izlet v Carigrad (A Trip to Istanbul, 1893) as well as the work of four other authors: L. Stiasny, Ivan Knific, Josip Lavtižar and Marica Gregorič.
Nemški pravopis in spolno vključujoče pisanje
Authors: Štumberger Saška
Published: September 2024

The article presents the path to a uniform orthography for the German language and the German spelling reform of 1996. The German language is spoken in different countries, so spelling uniformity is not self-evident. The reasons for this are practical, and international commissions with experts from various fields cooperate in the preparation of spelling rules and recommendations. The first German orthography was written in 1880 by a high school teacher, Konrad Duden, and was declared to be authoritative at the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901. In 1902, German orthography was approved by Austria and Switzerland. Reform initiatives followed, such as that of 1944, but a new orthography was not approved until 1996. The result of the orthographic reform was, however, unsatisfactory, so in 2004 the Council for German Orthography was established, which in 2006 removed the most controversial changes and ensured the unity of the standard language. The Council’s current work includes giving opinions on current spelling topics. In 2018, it gave an opinion on gender-inclusive writing and emphasised the importance of creating comprehensible and readable texts.
Pravorečna in pravopisna norma v makedonščini – aktualno stanje
Authors: Labroska Veselinka , Subiotto Namita
Published: September 2024

This article presents the current situation of orthographic and orthoepic norms in Macedonian. Since the first Macedonian orthography in 1945, the orthographic rules have been adapted several times to the modern needs of the Macedonian standard language and brought into line with the usage norm, most recently in 2017. The new orthography follows the principles of the previous orthographies and the orientation outlined by Blaže Koneski in his grammar, in that it consistently refers only to orthographic rules. The orthoepic rules in the existing grammars of the Macedonian language are insufficient and do not correspond to today's usage norms. Due to the lack of concern for correct pronunciation on the public, especially educational institutions, there are increasing deviations from correct pronunciation, which is shown in the second part of the paper. The problems related to incorrect pronunciation in the contemporary Macedonian society demonstrate the need for a pronunciation guide and a revision of the orthoepic norms in the existing grammars, as well as a thoughtful supplementation with the changes taking place in the spoken language.
Normiranje besednega reda slovenskega knjižnega jezika – začetna stava naslonk
Authors: Smolej Mojca
Published: September 2024

The article focuses on a historical outline of the study of word order, especially in relation to the construction of pronominal clitics and the question of the construction of clitics in the initial position of a sentence. An overview of individual linguistic works is also provided, along with the names of the concepts discussed. For example, Škrabec and Murko were at odds with each other in their understanding of clitics (especially in the initial position of a sentence): while Škrabec stressed that written language was too often subject to foreign influences (especially of Latin and Greek), Murko believed that the placement of clitics in the initial position of a sentence was a feature of the Slovenian language that should not be prohibited.
Spol in literarna interpretacija poezije žensk: pesmi Barbare Korun in Kaje Teržan
Authors: Zupan Sosič Alojzija
Published: September 2024

Literary interpretation in the twenty-first century is closely linked to feminism and postfeminism, which seek to respond to how gender and sexual and gender identity influence the reading and interpretation of literature. In doing so, postfeminism does not advocate a gender-separate theory of reading, but it does acknowledge the fact that gender has an impact on how people interpret texts. It was precisely in postfeminism that a paradigm shift took place, i.e., the intertwining of the hermeneutics of doubt with affective hermeneutics, signifying a departure from the feminist vision of reading as a rebellion that had shackled the reader in a predominantly negative approach. Despite some changes, various theories still find that the male reader and the female reader sometimes differ from each other (e.g., the female reader is bitextual), while the author’s gender may also affect the interpretation. In the literary interpretation of poems by Barbara Korun and Kaja Teržan, I focused various (post)feminist perspectives on the research of gender, the gender and sexual identity of the lyrical subject and its relationship with others, and the innovativeness of the poetic expression in this regard. Whereas the dramatic dialogicity, irony and cogmotive attitude towards the world and words in Korun’s poetics are anchored in distinct views on gender, in the poetry collection Krog by Kaja Teržan the basic mood is circulation, which also implies its fragmentation and intermediateness. Despite the different poetics, the two poets share a number of similarities that are not only related to the role of gender: the courage of confessionality, the spontaneous and yet thoughtful revelation of emotions, special dialogue as openness to self and the world, and prose verse in some longer poems.
Interpretiranje literature v zmanjšanem merilu: »Oddaljeno branje« korpusa »dolgega leta 1968«
Authors: Juvan Marko , Šorli Mojca , Žejn Andrejka
Published: September 2024

This article discusses the role of interpretation in the digital humanist approach to literature, focusing on corpus analysis. It illustrates the interpretive significance of computer-based quantitative statistical analyses of tokens, tags and metadata in a small corpus of literary texts produced in a given period. Using the example of a corpus of original literary texts printed in the journals of the predominantly student generation (Tribuna and Problemi) during the international student movement of “The Long 1968”, a quantitative analysis or “distant reading” examines the assertion of modernism, the change in genre repertoire and literary language, the textual traces of the revolutionary atmosphere, and the role of women in the literary system.
Etos, literatura in vključujoč pouk
Authors: Špacapan Adrijana
Published: September 2024

The starting points for the renewal of curricula in elementary and upper secondary schools (Ahačič et al. 2022) are related to the quality of lessons by, among other things, paying regard to the students’ voice and, in this sense, they offer a consideration of teaching literature within the upper secondary school subject of the Slovenian language. Taking into account the ethical aspect of literature, which is highlighted in the so-called ethical turn in the literary science (Virk 2018, 2021; Meretoja 2014a, 2014b, 2018) and which is also followed by the didactics of literature (Krakar Vogel 2020), it is possible to stimulate the awareness of the adolescent’s ethos with argumentative discussion classes carrying out in-depth work on classic literary texts. The starting point for this is the postmodern understanding of dialogic ethics, the foundation of which is a respectful attitude towards the Other. This is a literary text or, through it, the cultural tradition and all the interpreters during lessons, i.e. both students and teacher. The foundation is the narrative identity (Ricoeur 2003b) and narrative knowledge (Kroflič 2017a) in the context of the development of ethical consciousness (Kroflič 2007). For the realization of this process an appropriate school system is necessary, and within this a safe learning environment, one which enables the development of ethical awareness and where equal attention can be paid to the contribution of every participant in the discussion with the support of respectful relationships. Such an approach also appears to be meaningful preparation for writing a school essay, an important part of which is proposing and supporting one’s personal views. It also raises the important question of evaluating a school essay.
Intentionally unilateral prostatic artery embolization: Patient selection, technique and potential benefits
Authors: Moschouris Hippocrates , Stamatiou Konstantinos
Published: September 2024

BACKGROUND

Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is a promising but also technically demanding interventional radiologic treatment for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia. Many technical challenges in PAE are associated with the complex anatomy of prostatic arteries (PAs) and with the systematic attempts to catheterize the PAs of both pelvic sides. Long procedure times and high radiation doses are often the result of these attempts and are considered significant disadvantages of PAE. The authors hypothesized that, in selected patients, these disadvantages could be mitigated by intentionally embolizing PAs of only one pelvic side.

AIM

To describe the authors’ approach for intentionally unilateral PAE (IU-PAE) and its potential benefits.

METHODS

This was a single-center retrospective study of patients treated with IU-PAE during a period of 2 years. IU-PAE was applied in patients with opacification of more than half of the contralateral prostatic lobe after angiography of the ipsilateral PA (subgroup A), or with markedly asymmetric prostatic enlargement, with the dominant prostatic lobe occupying at least two thirds of the entire gland (subgroup B). All patients treated with IU-PAE also fulfilled at least one of the following criteria: Severe tortuosity or severe atheromatosis of the pelvic arteries, non-visualization, or visualization of a tiny (< 1 mm) contralateral PA on preprocedural computed tomographic angiography. Intraprocedural contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (iCEUS) was applied to monitor prostatic infarction. IU-PAE patients were compared to a control group treated with bilateral PAE.

RESULTS

IU-PAE was performed in a total 13 patients (subgroup A, n = 7; subgroup B, n = 6). Dose-area product, fluoroscopy time and operation time in the IU-PAE group (9767.8 μGy∙m2, 30.3 minutes, 64.0 minutes, respectively) were significantly shorter (45.4%, 35.9%, 45.8% respectively, P < 0.01) compared to the control group. Clinical and imaging outcomes did not differ significantly between the IU-PAE group and the control group. In the 2 clinical failures of IU-PAE (both in subgroup A), the extent of prostatic infarction (demonstrated by iCEUS) was significantly smaller compared to the rest of the IU-PAE group.

CONCLUSION

In selected patients, IU-PAE is associated with comparable outcomes, but with lower radiation exposure and a shorter procedure compared to bilateral PAE. iCEUS could facilitate patient selection for IU-PAE.