“There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)

The present paper addresses the novel Hanka written by Slovene writer Zofka Kveder, published in Croatian in 1917 and translated into Slovene in 1938. The paper shows that this little-known war novel differs substantially from other war narratives and that it can be ranked among the eminent pacifis...

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Main Author: Irena Samide
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Language:deu
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2018-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/8183
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description The present paper addresses the novel Hanka written by Slovene writer Zofka Kveder, published in Croatian in 1917 and translated into Slovene in 1938. The paper shows that this little-known war novel differs substantially from other war narratives and that it can be ranked among the eminent pacifistic literary works of the first two decades of the 20th century. At the same time, the paper questions the role of the texts of Slovenian authors written in a foreign language, and stands up for the view that the national literary sciences should consider the more appropriate placement of these texts in the literary canon.
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spelling doaj.art-5ac680cd06b54b1f9321926b3814d3b22023-01-18T08:46:05ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Neophilologica0567-784X2350-417X2018-11-01511-210.4312/an.51.1-2.103-116“There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)Irena Samide0University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts The present paper addresses the novel Hanka written by Slovene writer Zofka Kveder, published in Croatian in 1917 and translated into Slovene in 1938. The paper shows that this little-known war novel differs substantially from other war narratives and that it can be ranked among the eminent pacifistic literary works of the first two decades of the 20th century. At the same time, the paper questions the role of the texts of Slovenian authors written in a foreign language, and stands up for the view that the national literary sciences should consider the more appropriate placement of these texts in the literary canon. https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/8183Zofka Kveder, pacifism, Hanka, novel, war in literature
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“There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)
Acta Neophilologica
Zofka Kveder, pacifism, Hanka, novel, war in literature
title “There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)
title_full “There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)
title_fullStr “There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)
title_full_unstemmed “There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)
title_short “There you feel the warmth of foreign life”: Pacifistic Epistolary Novel by Zofka Kveder (1878–1926)
title_sort there you feel the warmth of foreign life pacifistic epistolary novel by zofka kveder 1878 1926
topic Zofka Kveder, pacifism, Hanka, novel, war in literature
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