New Media and Carinthian Slovenes' Contemporary Literary Practice

Abstract

In accordance with general trends in the field of literature, contemporary Carinthian Slovene literature has also developed forms of (inter)mediality-on the level of text and book production as well as with respect to manifold interactions with the field of theater, film, music, and the arts. These issues are part of our research project on the bilingual literary practice of Carinthian Slovenes since 1991. The article tries to point out how mediality and medial developments are reflected in the literary production of Slovene writers in Carinthia and with respect to the concept of the "writing scene" (Schreibszene). In addition, it dissects the relationship between new media and bi- or multilinguality in the literary practice of Carinthian Slovenes.