Minority literature and collective trauma
ǂthe ǂcase of Slovene Triestine literature
Abstract
The study focuses on the relationship between minority literature and collective trauma.
Drawing on the theory of trauma, psychoanalysis, memory studies, and literary representations
of memory, we argue that the trauma resulting from the suppression of Slovene
identity in Trieste during fascism is transmitted into literary discourse through two
channels. Firstly, through the normative model of remembering the trauma in question –
namely through literary works that can be described as fictions of memory. Secondly, we
paid attention to the manifestations of trauma that (unconsciously) enter the narrative
structure, regardless of the time and events, which are not necessarily tied to the period
of fascism and to concrete events and places of memory. In this context, we illuminated
Keywords
collective trauma;collective memory;minority literature;Trieste;literary
representations;
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica |
| UDC: | 821.163.6.09(450.36) |
| COBISS: |
69028355
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| ISSN: | 0354-0286 |
| Views: | 1372 |
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Other data
| Secondary language: | Slovenian |
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| Secondary keywords: | kolektivna travma;kolektivni spomin;zamejski Slovenci;manjšinska književnost;Trst;literarne reprezentacije; |
| URN: | URN:SI:UNG |
| Pages: | str. 65-81 |
| Issue: | ǂNo. ǂ86 |
| Chronology: | jun. 2021 |
| DOI: | 10.36144/RiG86jun21.65-81 |
| ID: | 13088969 |
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