The 'flâneur' and the 'citizen' in the modern Slovenian short story
- Authors
- Publication Date
- May 17, 2024
- Source
- University of Ljubljana
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- Language
- English
- License
- Green
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Abstract
In the first part of the paper two crucial figures are established that symbolise the experience of urban existence. These are two hypothetical individuals: (1) an ordinary citizen of the megalopolis, whose description is based on the insights of Georg Simmel (Die Grosstädte und das Geistesleben) and (2) the flâneur, the model of the urban artist that is described in Benjamin's unfinished book on Charles Baudelaire. The second part of the paper observes these figures in contemporary Slovene short narrative prose, especially in the short stories of Andrej Morovič, Mart Lenardič and Dušan Čater. We also strive to note the differences between the urban experience mediated by Simmel and Benjamin, and that found in contemporary Slovene short narrative prose.
