Youth works by four literary creators, members of the Maribor Five

Abstract

V članku so predstavljena literarna dela štirih avtorjev mariborske peterice, Franceta Forstneriča, Marijana Krambergerja, Andreja Brvarja in Toneta Partljiča, ki sodijo v mladinsko književnost. Eden temeljnih elementov mladinskega ustvarjanja vseh štirih avtorjev je avtobiografskost, ki je v obravnavanih delih usmerjena na motive iz otroštva, glavni lik je otrok/pisatelj/pripovedovalec v času svojega otroštva, izjema so Partljičeva dela, ki sodijo med biografije in avanturistično prozo. Trije avtorji so bili za svoja mladinska dela tudi nagrajeni.

The article looks at the works of children’s literature in the literary opus of four authors, members of the group known as the Maribor Five, France Forstnerič, Marijan Kramberger, Andrej Brvar and Tone Partljič. One of the basic features in the writing for young readers of all three authors is an autobiographic element, directing them to motifs from childhood. The main character is the child/author/narrator at a younger age, the exception being certain works by Partljič, which can be classified as biographical and adventure prose. Three authors have also received awards for their works for young readers.