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https://doi.org/10.59323/k.14.2.7

An Interpretation and a Methodological Approach to The Story of How My Small Town Sunk by Nikola Šop

Dean Slavić orcid.org/0000-0002-5168-1956 ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia *

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Abstract

The article discusses the short story by Nikola Šop The Story of How My Small Town Sunk, with regard to its bibliographical data, the protagonist and the antagonist, the nature of fantasy applied, the influence of the Pope's encyclicals, and the methodological, i.e. classroom possibilities. The central hypothesis claims that the 1937 encyclicals of Pope Pius XI – „Mit brennender Sorge“ and „Divini Redemptoris“ – were sources of motifs in Šop’s short story. The hypothesis however could not be definitely corroborated, although most of the evidence points to its veracity.

Keywords

antagonist; protagonist; encyclical as a source text; methodological approaches

Hrčak ID:

312158

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/312158

Publication date:

23.12.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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