Svetovljenje Prešerna in svetovni prevodni sistem

In the long 19th century, the figure of the “national poet” was meant to bring the level of the respective national literatures into line with the canonical standards of world litera­ture. In the Slovene-speaking lands, France Prešeren became relevant as the figure of the singular “national classic”, whose work compensates for the obvious lack of classical and modern traditions in the Slovene language, and who stands on a par with the peaks of the European hypercanon. The imaginary “worlding” (Kadir) of Prešeren through perspectives and canonization within the Slovene literary system has proven ideologically successful. However, his actual presence in the global literary space does not correspond to domes­tic notions of his value. Prešeren’s peripherality in the world systems of languages, liter­atures, and translations has prevented his worldwide recognition, except for languages and publishing houses from Slovenia or countries that used to belong to the same states or cultural alliances (Habsburg Empire, Yugoslavia, the Slavic world). In addition, his translations and international acclaim have been hampered by his complex poetic texts.