Nacionalna zavest pri literatih mladoslovenskega tabora

19. stoletje slovi v šolah kot eno izmed najbolj duhomornih, po pomembnosti pa kot eno izmed najbolj izpostavljenih zgodovinskih obdobij. S pomladjo narodov leta 1848 nam je podarilo eno izmed najbolj poznanih zgodovinskih letnic, hkrati pa nas je seznanilo z vzponom nacionalizma, katerega izvor se postavlja v čas francoske revolucije. Nacionalna gibanja so dosegla tudi Habsburško monarhijo, posledično tudi ozemlje današnje Slovenije. Z mladimi intelektualci, pripadniki mladoslovenskega gibanja, ki so se šolali v tujih mestih, zlasti na Dunaju, je slovenski prostor pridobil prve prave nacionalistične aktiviste. Vendar, njihova mnenja so se razlikovala v majhnih, a ključnih elementih. Ideje ilirizma, panslavizma, idr. so se vtkale v njihovo razumevanje Slovencev kot naroda. Svoje ideje so opisovali v številnih časopisih, kot so denimo Slovenski Narod, Naprej, Slovenec, idr. Pisali so tudi o političnih težavah takratne okolice, predvsem pa so se dotaknili težav z (nemško) oblastjo ter karali poteze politične opozicije (torej staroslovence). Svoje ideje so prikazali tudi v literaturi, ki je bila povprečnemu prebivalcu gotovo bližje. Pesmi, drame, romani so prikazali njihove ideje v praktičnih primerih in pomagali pri izobraževanju in kultiviranju današnjega slovenskega prostora.The 19th century is in schools known as one of most dull periods in History, however it is also one of most significant. With the "Spring of Nations" in 1848 it gave us also one of most widely known historical years, also it introduced us to the rise of nationalism, whose beginnings are set into the French revolution. The national movements came also to the Habsburg monarchy, consequently also into the modern Slovenian space. With young cheerful intellectuals, the Young Slovenes, whose knowledge came from the foreign schools, especially Vienna, the Slovenian people got their first national activists. However, their opinions were different in small but key elements. The ideas of Illyrism, Pan-Slavism, etc. were infiltrated in their ideology of a Slovenian nation. They have written their ideas down in various papers, such as Slovenski Narod, Naprej, Slovenec, etc. They have also written about political troubles of the near areas, especially with the (German) rule and about the "wrongdoings" of their political opposition (the Old Slovenes). The ideas were also shown in literature, which was definitely closer to an average citizen. The poems, plays, novels were showing the ideas in practical cases while helping with educating and cultivating the modern Slovenian space