1919 the establishment of the University of
Ljubljana; the problems of comparative literature are included in
literary-historical lectures on Slavonic languages and partly on other
philological courses.
1925 the beginning of lectures and seminars
on comparative literature at the Department of Slavonic Languages.
1930 comparative literature, with literary
theory, becomes a special subject.
1945 the department of comparative
literature and literary theory is created; it is possible to study it as a
single subject or in combination with other humanistic disciplines
1948 establishment of the Institute for
Literature at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts, the present
Institute for Slovene Literature and Literary Science; its work includes
comparative literature and literary theory; faster development from 1965,
reorganization in 1972.
1973 founding of the Slovene Association
for Comparative Literature, which has been organizing regular lectures by
Slovene and foreign experts and Slovene writers, and occasional symposiums
on individual topics.
1993/94 the Slovene Association for
Comparative Literature joins International Comparative Literature
Association
Scholars
Predecessors
Matija Čop (1797-1835), a teacher and
librarian in Rijeka, Lvov and Ljubljana; philologist, literary critic,
theorist and historian.
Matija Murko (1861-1952), professor of
Slovene philology in Graz, Leipzig and Prague; literary and cultural
historian, ethnologist.
Ivan Prijatelj (1875-1937), librarian in
Vienna, later professor of Slovene literature in Ljubljana; literary and
cultural historian, theorist, essayist.
Avgust Žigon (1877-1941), librarian in
Ljubljana; philologist, literary historian and theorist.
France Kidrič (1880-1950), librarian in
Vienna, later professor of Slovene literature in Ljubljana; literary and
cultural historian.
Ivan Grafenauer (1880-1964), teacher, later
a researcher in Ljubljana; literary historian, philologist, ethnologist.
Founders
Anton Ocvirk (1907-80), professor of
comparative literature and literary theory in Ljubljana; literary
historian, theorist, critic, essayist, editor.
Dušan Pirjevec (1921-77), professor of
comparative literature and literary theory in Ljubljana; literary
historian, theorist, critic, philosophical essayist.
Janko Kos (b. 1931), professor of
comparative literature and literary theory in Ljubljana; literary
historian, theorist, critic, essayist, editor.
