Struktura prešernowska między literaturą a literaturoznawstwem
The Prešerenian structure between literature and literary studies

Author(s): Marko Juvan
Subject(s): Cultural history, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Slovene literature; cultural nationalism; comparative literature; world literary system; national function of literature
Summary/Abstract: Dušan Pirjevec’s concept of the Prešerenian structure explains the esthetic limitations of Slovene literature as a consequence of its national function as a substitute for the politics and ideological superstructure of a nation without statehood. Coined in response to the unique historical circumstances of 1968, this concept is derived mainly from the self-perception of nineteenth-century Slovene writers and overlooks the broader comparative context. The Prešerenian structure is not a Slovenian peculiarity, but merely a peripheral variant of European cultural nationalism under the conditions of the world literary system. The Slovenian national and comparative literary history stem from the same ideological matrix, as well.

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