L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria

Year 24 No. 1 (2016): Issue 1/2016
Articles

Some typological features of ‘minority’ literature: the case of the Slovenian and Italian minorities

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  • Jadranka Cergol

Published 07/10/2016

Keywords

  • minority literature,
  • regional literature,
  • Slovenes in Italy,
  • Italians in Slo-venia and Croatia,
  • interculturalism

How to Cite

Cergol, J. (2016). Some typological features of ‘minority’ literature: the case of the Slovenian and Italian minorities. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 24(1), 41–76. Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/231
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Abstract

The aim of the article is to problematize the use of the term ‘minority’ literature. The term proposed by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari proves to be too narrow and applicable only to a part of the variety of minority literatures. The aim of the article is therefore to provide a new definition of ‘minority literature’ by taking into ac-count literature written by two minority groups, Slovenes living in Italy and Ital-ians living in Slovenia and Croatia. The article even goes a step forward and poses the question whether ‘minority literature’ could be regarded as a completely inde-pendent supranational literary system.

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