Bohinj

Both texts were created during pivotal moments of Slovene history: Prešeren's poem at a time of German political, economic and cultural supremacy and newly emerging demands for a united Slovenia, and Bevk's story during the time of Italian fascism and the occupation of the Slovene Primorska region. At first glance, Prešeren's poetry of high Romanticism and Bevk's supposedly trivial story have nothing in common apart from the topic of paganism and Christianity. However, they both convey a hidden message, unable to be stated outright due to the censorship policies of the authorities at the time, for condemnation of aggressive foreign rulers, for appeals to national unity, for heightened patriotic consciousness, and for a relationship with nature that establishes the here and now as the highest value, and not the hereafter. The comparison and interpretation presented here sees in Bevk's story a direct connection to Prešeren's poem, as its thematic continuation, temporal adaptation, and interpretation.

Obe besedili sta nastali v prelomnih trenutkih slovenske zgodovine: Prešernova pesnitev v času nemške politične, gospodarske in kulturne nadvlade in porajanja zahtev po združeni Sloveniji, Bevkova povest pa v času italijanskega fašizma in okupacije Primorske. Na prvi pogled Prešernova visoka romantična poezija in Bevkova prejkone trivialna povest razen tematike poganstva in krščanstva nimata nič skupnega, vendar pa gre v obeh primerih za prikrito sporočilo, pogojeno s cenzurnimi postopki tedanje oblasti, za obsodbo nasilnih tujih oblastnikov, za pozive k narodni enotnosti, za poudarjanje domoljubne zavesti in za odnos do narave, ki kot najvišjo vrednoto vzpostavlja tostranstvo in ne onostranstvo. Pričujoča primerjava in interpretacija pa vidi v Bevkovi povesti tudi neposredno navezavo na Prešernovo pesnitev, in sicer kot njeno tematsko nadaljevanje, časovno prilagoditev in razlago.