Literature as a Medium of Cultural Memory in Novel by Drago JanÄar That Night I Saw Her
Abstract
This paper tries to show the literature as an important part of building and conservation of the cultural memory of the society. Cultural memory belongs also to individuals and groups and they have a common reference point, which are often photos or objects that evoke the memory, event or commemoration which is an important part of identity. In this case is also important that literature through biographical or fictional stories represents space and time. Often fictional literature creates a genuine feeling of a memory to some particular times or events, because it had a wider range of stories, characters and situations and in this way is literature creating collective memory in a more concentrated form. On the case of recent novel by Drago Jancar To noÄ sem jo videl - That night I saw her, will I show how work literature as a medium of cultural memory and also which are the themes, that are important in Slovenian cultural memoryReferences
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Published
2015-09-01
How to Cite
TANKO, Primož.
Literature as a Medium of Cultural Memory in Novel by Drago JanÄar That Night I Saw Her.
Култура/Culture, [S.l.], n. 10, p. 42-52, sep. 2015.
ISSN 1857-7725.
Available at: <http://journals.cultcenter.net/index.php/culture/article/view/148>. Date accessed: 14 feb. 2026.
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English Articles
Keywords
cultural memory, Slovenian novel, WW II., Drago JanÄar, To noÄ sem jo videl, That night I saw her
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