Category:Literature education and research

There are many Slovenian institutions that conduct research of Slovenian literature and develop programmes for literary education. Central among these are of course universities, as well as the National and University Library and the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. Some of these institutions also offer grants and exchange programmes for international researchers and students.

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Department of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Ljubljana

Slovene literary theory has historical roots at the Department of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Ljubljana. It was there that a seminar of comparative literature was first held in 1926. Today the department offers 2 graduate study programmes and a doctoral study programme in Literary Theory.

Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies

A part of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU), the Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies was established in 1947 and is the only Slovene research and educational institution outside the universities that engages in systematic research in literature. The institute received its current name in 1972, the last reorganisation of the units at the institute followed in 2005 when the Institute of Cultural History was formed as an independent body.

One ot its principle focuses is research on Slovene literature and literary studies, as well as related artistic, aesthetic, cultural, and historical issues. An additional focus includes theoretical and methodological issues, the modes of existence of literature, its functional, systemic, reception, and axiological aspects, and their reflection in various directions of literary studies.