South Slavic Comparative Literary Studies: Contexts and Course of Development. Cover Image

Южнославянското сравнително литературознание днес – посоки и контексти.
South Slavic Comparative Literary Studies: Contexts and Course of Development.

Author(s): Ina Hristova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, Croatian Literature, Serbian Literature, Slovenian Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: South Slavic comparative literary studies; literary community; Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav literary context; Balkan literatures; Southeastern European literatures.

Summary/Abstract: The article examines current trends in the development of South Slavic comparative literary studies. The discussion revolves around the reviewing of the notion of a South Slavic literary community and a unified South Slavic literary process. Interpretation focuses on the comparison of the Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav literary contexts. Reference is made to the affiliation of South Slavic literatures to various cultural regions. The author comes to the conclusion that there is a need for a reviewing of South Slavic literatures as an open construction and a dynamic field of identities.

  • Issue Year: 5/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 108-117
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Bulgarian