Triglav v slovenski narodni zavesti : literarne reprezentacije alpskega območja od razsvetljenstva do medvojnega obdobja

This article analyses various ways in which Slovenian writers (especially Valentin Vodnik, France Prešeren, and France Bevk) depicted Triglav and the mountain areas of Slovenia in literature from the Enlightenment to the interwar period. This is done through the prism of their aesthetic value and nation-building role, as well as their influence on the development of Slovenian sensibility, identity, and national consciousness. Inspiring the research was the conviction that the mountains occupy a special place in the collective memory of Slovenians, and that Triglav is a symbol of Slovenianness. An important point in the discussion is the comparative study of the origin and significance of Triglav (lit. “the three-headed one”) according to Slovenian (Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Anton Tomaž Linhart, Janez Trdina, Davorin Trstenjak) and Polish scholars (Henryk Łowmiański, Jerzy Strzelczyk, Aleksander Gieysztor, Andrzej Szyjewski), and how they correspond to the representations of Triglav in the works of selected Slovenian writers (Vodnik’s “Veršac,” Prešeren’s The Baptism on the Savica, Bevk’s The Dying God Triglav).

Članek analizira različne načine prikazovanja Triglava in gorskih območij v slovenskih literarnih delih od razsvetljenstva do medvojnega obdobja (še zlasti v delih Valentina Vodnika, Franceta Prešerna in Franceta Bevka), in sicer skozi prizmo njihove estetske vrednosti, narodotvorne vloge ter vpliva na oblikovanje slovenske identitete in narodne zavesti. Raziskava izhaja iz prepričanja, da imajo gore posebno mesto v kolektivnem spominu Slovencev, Triglav pa velja za simbol slovenstva. Ob tem se članek osredotoča na primerjavo med razpravami o pomenu Triglava, ki so jih prispevali tako slovenski (Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Anton Tomaž Linhart, Janez Trdina in Davorin Trstenjak) kot poljski raziskovalci (Henryk Łowmiański, Jerzy Strzelczyk, Aleksander Gieysztor in Andrzej Szyjewski), ter prikazi Triglava v izbranih literarnih delih slovenskih avtorjev (v Vodnikovem "Veršacu", Prešernovem "Krstu pri Savici" in Bevkovem "Umirajočem bogu Triglavu").