A. T. Linhart in problem meščanske žaloigre

slovenian

2007

volume 52, issue 2

Slovene literature    tragedija 

Slavistično društvo Slovenije
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The article discusses a youthful bourgeois tragedy written in German entitled Miss Jenny Love (1779), which represents the beginning of the playwriting by Anton Tomaž Linhart. Although the bourgeios tragedy has been presented in the Slovene literary and historical consciousness since 1918, when it was discovered in Vienna by France Kidrič, to date its reception has been rather poor (the play was staged only once, at the Slovene National Theatre, marking the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Dramatic Society in 1967). The article aims to first unveil the reason for such reception, and then to discuss tragedy as part of the German pre-Romantic and Sturm und Drang bourgeois tragedy. This, together with the works of Lessing, Klinger and Wagner, was the most significant stimulation for Linhart; the article shows how he applied various features of the bourgeois tragedy in his playwriting, and what significance they had for his plays. This is why his play is categorised as a typical example of bourgeois tragedy.

17.11.2011