Potopisni žanri na prelomu 19. in 20. stoletja v slovenskem revijalnem tisku : slovenski pogled na "srbski Pariz"

slovenian

2021

volume 66, issue 1

Belgrade   periodicals   Slavic identity   Slovenian literature   Slovenian travelogue   Slovenian travelogue authors

Slavistično društvo Slovenije
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

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-lettres 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.

16.06.2021