ALMA KARLIN, THE YOUNGEST GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE HONORABLE I CHAO (I TSCHAOS JÜNGSTES ENKELKIND), 1948, 2016

Abstract

<p><span>This article was created on the basis of the study of the life and work of the Slovene writer Alma Karlin (1889–1950), who spent a large part of her life abroad, during her trips around the world. She mainly published in German, during the period between World War I and World War II. Some of her works are open in the manner of crosswriting, including the analyzed fairy tale The Youngest Granddaughter of the Honorable I Chao which was originally published in 1948 in German and in 2016 in Slovene. With this fairy tale, the writer intertextually related to the model of the folk fairy tale, the European fairy tale, and the ATU514 and ATU884 international fairytale type. The detailed analysis and application of the theory of Slavo jŽižek, entitled From Antigone to Joan of Arc, confirms the hypothesis that Alma’s fairytale belongs to the literary tradition from Antigone to the present, that the fairy tale contains the features of subjectivization of a literary heroine, which is a universal element (fairytale type or motif), and Alma also added to the text the typical characteristics of Chinese culture.</span></p><p><span><strong>Keywords:</strong> Alma Karlin, fairy tales, ATU 514, ATU 884, M. Lüthi, H. J. Uther, Slavoj Žižek.</span></p>