Trieste, slavic periphery

a question of minority through the slovénitude of Boris Pahor

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60056/CCL.2017..235-243

Keywords:

Trieste, minorities, identity, Boris Pahor

Abstract

Torn by ideological and identity stresses (existential ruptures in posse et in esse), Trieste has lived the European tensions looking for an impossible balance between the Austro-Hungarian cosmopolitanism and the affirmation of national cultures. With an application of the centre/margin paradigm, we intend to consider the role of the peripheral literature of this city – namely, the role of the literature of its ethnic minorities, especially the literary production of the Slovene minority. The work of Boris Pahor will help us to particularize the subject of this essay, which aims to grasp the "differential fact" expressing the singularity of the comparative approach.

Author Biography

  • Igor Fiatti, University of Turin

    Igor Fiatti. Titulaire d'une thèse de doctorat en Littératures et civilisations comparées (Paris III/La Sorbonne Nouvelle – en cotutelle avec l'Université de Turin). Auteur de la monographie La Mitteleuropa nella letteratura contemporanea (préface de Claudio Magris, Milano 2014). Collaborateur du magazine littéraire « L’Indice dei libri del mese ».

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2025-11-06

Issue

Vol. 3 (2017)

Section

Miscellanea

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Trieste, slavic periphery: a question of minority through the slovénitude of Boris Pahor. (2025). Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum, 3, 235-243. https://doi.org/10.60056/CCL.2017..235-243