The Motif-Thematic Level of Narrative Prose by Slovene Emigrants in Australia (Developmental Shifts)

Abstract

In narrative prose by Australian Slovenes there is a noticeable tendency towards the formation of the emigrational motif-topical complex, which is in its basic experience only slightly disturbed by parallel, yet different kind of problems i.e., the problems of ideological and political nature. The basic motifs are: the fact of being a foreigner or, rather, without a homeland; the new Australian experience; political-ideological tensions and conflicts during and after World War II; and universal empirical problems of life. The development span of the motif-topical level of the narrative from the corpus shows a considerable shift towards the common human motifs and topics, related to the Australian experience, which was also a positive one.