The concept of time in Slovenian history: the case of Slovenian Baroque

Authors

  • Barbara Pregelj

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/vh.20.2.257-272

Keywords:

Slovenian literary history, Baroque, periodisation, Slovenian literature

Abstract

Time, no doubt represents one of the central literary topics both in general and in relation to particular literary periods, one of them being the baroque period. Time also represents the central axis of literary history and the fundamental principle for its restoration. Peripheral, so-called “weak” literatures have some specific characteristics with regard to the concept of time, since time is sometimes represented not as linear but takes on anachronisms, analepses and prolepses. This paper explores certain forms of anachronisms in the Baroque period of Slovenian literature. Since the 17th century has been regarded as the first mainly aesthetic period in western literature, Slovenian literature, which prior to the age of enlightenment was religious, takes a different turn with the works of various authors (e. g. various anonymous writers, Janez Damascen Dev, Pavel Knobl, France Prešeren, Tomaž Šalamun) and different poetic forms harking back to the artistic models of seicento, in order to be able to reestablish itself as a complete aesthetic creation.

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Author Biography

Barbara Pregelj

Barbara Pregelj es doctora en Literatura y profesora titular de la Universidad de Nova Gorica y de la Universidad de Primorska. Su ámbito de investigación comprende sobre todo interpretación y los distintos aspectos de la recepción de la literatura española en Eslovenia, tanto en la literatura eslovena antigua, como en la contemporánea. Otro campo de su investigación es la traductología. Organizó varios simposios y visitas de escritores extranjeros en Eslovenia. Ha publicado un libro y ha editado otros tres. Es autora de más de una veintena
de capítulos en libros y más de veinte artículos en revistas de ámbito nacional e internacional. Trabaja también como traductora.

Published

31.12.2012

How to Cite

Pregelj, B. (2012). The concept of time in Slovenian history: the case of Slovenian Baroque. Verba Hispanica, 20(2), 257–272. https://doi.org/10.4312/vh.20.2.257-272

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Section

Literature