Autobiography, travelogue, autobiographical travelogue and fictional prose by Alma Karlin

Abstract

Članek zvrstno opredeljuje literarno delo Alme Karlin, pisateljice iz Celja, ki je pisala v nemščini, bila v obdobju med obema svetovnima vojnama zelo znana in priljubljena avtorica, po drugi svetovni vojni pa v Jugoslaviji kot »nemška« zamolčana in zanikovana. V članku je njena proza razdeljena na avtobiografijo, potopis, avtobiografsko potopisno in fiktivno prozo. Proza Alme Karlin je bila dolgo literarnovedno neraziskana. V članku so analizirani njeni vzorčni primeri in uvrščeni v evropski kontekst. Alma Karlin je predstavljena kot dvojna, medkulturna, nemško-slovenska pisateljska identiteta.

The article defines the literary work of Alma Karlin by genre. She was a writer from Celje that wrote in German. Between the two world wars, she was a famous and a very popular author. In Yugoslavia, after the Second World War, she was disregarded and ignored as a “German” author. The article divides her prose into autobiography, travelogue, and fiction. From the standpoint of literary science, Alma Karlin’s prose had been unexplored for a long time. In the article, her examples are analyzed in the European context. Alma Karlin is presented as a double, intercultural, German-Slovenian identity.