Ali je lahko ženska Kolumb? Nekateri vidiki preučevanja potopisov Alme Karlin [Can a woman be a Columbus? Some aspects of Alma Karlin’s travelogues]

Prispevek se ukvarja z nekaterimi možnimi vidiki preučevanja potopisov Alme Karlin, ki imajo pomembno vlogo v njenem ustvarjanju. Analiziramo žanrske posebnosti njenih potopisov, njihovo literarno topiko in avtobiografskost. Posebna pozornost je posvečena tako ciljem potovanja A. Karlin kot namenu njenih potopisov. Osnovni poudarek je na specifiki ženskega potovanja in fenomenu meje, ki ga problematizirajo ne samo dela A. Karlin, ampak tudi njihova recepcija. Analiziran je motiv groze, ki je deloma povezan s trivialno literaturo, obravnavana pa je tudi ženska verzija arhetipa junaka odkritelja, ki je predstavljena v potopisih A. Karlin.

The paper deals with some disputable aspects of Alma Karlin’s travelogues, which play an important role in her work. The genre characteristics of her travelogues, their literary topics and the autobiographical nature are considered. Particular attention is paid to both the goals of Alma Karlin’s journey and intentions of her travelogues. The basic focus is on the specifics of women’s travel and the phenomenon of the border, which is problematised not only by Karlin’s works, but also by their reception. The motif of horror, which is partly relevant to trivial literature, is also examined, and the female version of the archetype of the hero as discoverer, as is presented in the works of A. Karlin, is discussed.