Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene Translation

This paper investigates the representation of Alice Munro’s writing in Slovenia, focusing on the issues of its late introduction to Slovene readers, and the low level of interest by Slovene publishers in her works even now that she is a Nobel laureate. To address these issues, two important feature...

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Main Author: Tjaša Mohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/10950
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description This paper investigates the representation of Alice Munro’s writing in Slovenia, focusing on the issues of its late introduction to Slovene readers, and the low level of interest by Slovene publishers in her works even now that she is a Nobel laureate. To address these issues, two important features of her writing – that she is exclusively a short-story writer and that her stories deal mostly with women’s themes – will be analysed against the background of the tradition of the short story genre and women’s literature in Slovenia. Additionally, the specifics of the Slovene book market and publishing industry will be examined as another potential reason for the underrepresentation of Munro’s works in Slovenia.
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spelling doaj.art-67943def81e94ea681aa80f94918d0002023-01-18T09:32:10ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)ELOPE1581-89182386-03162022-06-0119110.4312/elope.19.1.41-52Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene TranslationTjaša Mohar0University of Maribor This paper investigates the representation of Alice Munro’s writing in Slovenia, focusing on the issues of its late introduction to Slovene readers, and the low level of interest by Slovene publishers in her works even now that she is a Nobel laureate. To address these issues, two important features of her writing – that she is exclusively a short-story writer and that her stories deal mostly with women’s themes – will be analysed against the background of the tradition of the short story genre and women’s literature in Slovenia. Additionally, the specifics of the Slovene book market and publishing industry will be examined as another potential reason for the underrepresentation of Munro’s works in Slovenia. https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/10950Alice MunroSlovene translationpublishingNobel laureatebook market
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Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene Translation
ELOPE
Alice Munro
Slovene translation
publishing
Nobel laureate
book market
title Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene Translation
title_full Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene Translation
title_fullStr Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene Translation
title_full_unstemmed Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene Translation
title_short Destiny of a Nobel Laureate in a Small Book Market: Alice Munro in Slovene Translation
title_sort destiny of a nobel laureate in a small book market alice munro in slovene translation
topic Alice Munro
Slovene translation
publishing
Nobel laureate
book market
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/10950
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