Objectives and competences
Fundamental literary-stylistic definitions of Slovene short prose in the second half of the 20th Century.
Presentation of basic characteristics of Slovenian post-war short prose.
Presentation of basic characteristics of Slovene contemporary literary postmodernism through the short story.
Establishing connections with the contemporary Slovene short prose typology.
Interpretation of Slovene contemporary short prose corpus.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Content-subject complex of short narrative prose in the second half of the 20th Century is relatively extensive. It is therefore reasonable to divide it into three fundamental parts:
1. Literary-stylistic characteristics of post-war (after the 2. world war) short prose in Slovenia.
2. Literary-stylistic characteristics of contemporary short prose in times of Slovene literary postmodern age, which includes subchapters of Slovene contemporary short prose typology.
3. The interpretation of contemporary Slovene short prose corpus.
Learning and teaching methods
Scientific methods: formal-analytical, comparative and interpretation method.
Learning methods: formal-logical methods – analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, description.
The information and communications technology is used for educational purposes in the teaching and learning process.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Ability to understand and knowing of fundamental literary-stylistic definitions of Slovene short prose in the second half of the 20th Century:
ability to understand and knowing of fundamental characteristics of Slovene post-war short prose;
ability to understand and knowing of fundamental characteristics of Slovene contemporary literary postmodernism trough the short prose and the ability to establish connections with the contemporary Slovene short prose typology.
2. Ability and skill of interpretation of the Slovene contemporary short prose corpus.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Knowledge of fundamental literary-stylistic facts of Slovene contemporary post-war literature and their logical linking to or distinguishing from the context of contemporary short prose in the second half of the 20th Century.
Interpretative mastering of the Slovene short prose corpus.
Readings
BOŠNJAK, Blanka. Med sodobnostjo in tradicijo. 1. natis. Maribor: Založba Pivec, 2015.
Blanka Bošnjak, 2005: Premiki v sodobni slovenski kratki prozi. Maribor: Slavistično društvo (Zora; 38).
Čas kratke zgodbe: antologija slovenske kratke zgodbe, 1998. (Ur. Tomo Virk).V Ljubljani: ŠOU, Študentska založba.
Dominic Head, 1992: The Modernist Short Story: A Study in Theory and Practise. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Marko Juvan, 2000: Intertekstualnost. Ljubljana: DZS.
Janko Kos, 1995: Na poti v postmoderno. Ljubljana: Literarno-umetniško društvo Literatura. (Zbirka Novi pristopi).
C. E. May, 1994: The New Short Story Theories. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Andreja Perić Jezernik: Minimalizem in sodobna slovenska kratka proza. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2011.
Slovenska književnost III, 2001. (Ur. Jože Pogačnik … et al.). Ljubljana: DZS. 145–201.
Tomo Virk, 2004: Problem vrstnega razlikovanja v kratki prozi. Slavistična revija 52/3.
(Obravnavana besedila kratke proze na predavanjih.)
Additional information on implementation and assessment Oral examination. - 70 %
Active participation in seminar exercises. - 20 %
Homework. - 10 %
